Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[pierre oreilly] 05/4/2020 14:11

Poik, I thought they were doing their best and we shouldn't criticise?

[diku] 05/4/2020 14:10

I think Bojo has the upper hand knowing the Coronavirus financial impact to both parties...damage limitation...give UK the deal or no deal it is...

[minerve 2] 05/4/2020 14:09

Coronavirus: Lord Bath dies after contracting Covid-19

Oh, what a shame. My heart bleeds.

[maxk] 05/4/2020 14:03

Any excuse to delay/cancel is better than none when it comes to the €U fanatics.

[stonedyou] 05/4/2020 14:02

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Remarkable British team that made jab in three weeks (now pray that it works)


Over the past month, I've mentioned a few times that our best hope, and perhaps

the only way out of this pandemic, will be by creating a safe and effective

vaccine. Only then will the world be able to get back to normal.

And, in fact, a couple of weeks ago, just before the lockdown began, I was busy

filming a special BBC Horizon documentary looking at this very subject.

We were lucky enough to be invited to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West

London, to meet a team from Imperial College, one of several groups around the

world working on finding a jab that could protect people from Covid-19.

What is potentially so exciting about the Imperial approach is that if everything

goes right – and that is a big if – the team could be in a position to produce up

to five million doses of the vaccine by the end of this year. That will be enough

to protect the more vulnerable against that much-talked-about – and feared –

potential second wave of infections.


Professor Robin Shattock, the man heading the research at Imperial, has been

working on vaccines for decades. When he first heard about the outbreak of a novel

virus in China, he assumed that, like previous outbreaks, it would either be

contained or fizzle out. 'We have seen a number of small outbreaks before and we

thought this might be one of those,' he says, 'although we have always been aware

in the scientific community that a pandemic might very well occur.'

[diku] 05/4/2020 13:58

And what about the property prices...stay at elevated levels?...

[diku] 05/4/2020 13:56

Ken...you don't have a door bell?...you are under the instructions to stay at home!...and the food delivery person would normally ring the bell...so what happened to that food?...

[patientcapital] 05/4/2020 13:52

Your reset values are far too high. If there is a depression (a deep recession is a given barring a miracle) DJIA will end up nearer 3k over the next year or two with FTSE100 back to where it started or lower. One only needs to review what happened in 1929-32. Arguably the next period could be significantly worse.

Cheery thoughts for a Sunday.

[sikhthetech] 05/4/2020 13:52

To those who mention complain about political parties.

Remember it was the Tories who were behind Privatisation and introduced share ownership to millions of individuals in the 1990s. I suspect many wouldn't be here on these BBs, investing in shares, if it wasn't for Privatisation in the 1990s..

It was the Tories who introduced PEPs, the predecessor to ISAs so that people can save tax free.

People seem to forget the blackouts of the 1970s and the 1979 Winter of Discontent under the Labour Government.. or the overspending by Blair/Brown from 1997-2010, just before the last financial crisis.

Remember it was Gordon Brown who sold 1/2 the nation's gold for average $275 ounce, compared to the current $1600 per ounce.

Both parties have made mistakes and neither are perfect....

[sikhthetech] 05/4/2020 13:39

xxxxy
"This time last year, 1.3 million people had died in the EU – without Coronavirus
This time this year, total deaths with Coronavirus in the EU are 19,943"

Every death is a tragedy..

The crucial differences are prevention and protecting the health service...

The health service, here or in other countries do not have the capacity to cope with a huge number of patients requiring ICU beds...

There are Drs & Nurses on the front line, who are dying because of they caught Covid-19 from patients...
There were also airline staff who have Covid-19.

There were 5 London Bus workers who were reported to have died because of Covid-19..
How many Drs/Nurses, Bus(transport) drivers etc etc will have to die before people realise Covid-19 is a real threat to EVERYONE.


Patients who sadly die from other diseases usually have time between diagnosis and death. Covid-19 is killing people within days and they are dying.

[hernando2] 05/4/2020 13:18

Everybody is otherwise occupied right now...doubt there would be document written that would be agreed by either party

[k38] 05/4/2020 13:17

To us absolute nothing to them billions...Taxpayers money is better spent here than bailing them pockets.

[maxk] 05/4/2020 13:14

What possible advantage would an extension bring? To the UK that is??

[k38] 05/4/2020 13:13

What's the point of the Queen speech to the union when BBC already publish her speech...Useless lot...lol

[hernando2] 05/4/2020 13:10

How about the Guardian..that should suit



the ruskies got their money out though..it was only the middle-class Cypriots that got hit, al orchestrated by the EU

[alphorn] 05/4/2020 13:05

Compulsory reading for most here - followed by the Express.

[alphorn] 05/4/2020 13:01

M2 - Brexit is something different with their logic?

ROFLMAO

[minerve 2] 05/4/2020 12:57

Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab are warning world leaders against "compounding the harm" of coronavirus with "damaging protectionism"


Guffaw guffaw. You couldn't make it up could you?

[k38] 05/4/2020 12:56

Free trade or no deal!It's no point to extend the transition period if they demand to continue control us. In the end, an extension will only cost us more money and risking more money on bailouts of the European banks. They only care about power, control and money. This virus prove that Brussels are not Europe but a cancer for Europe. .If you offer your opinion accept the oppositions too.

[poikka] 05/4/2020 12:40

From CDC.

People with flu are most contagious in the first three to four days after their illness begins.

Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick.

Children and some people with weakened immune systems may pass the virus for longer than 7 days.

Symptoms can begin about 2 days (but can range from 1 to 4 days) after the virus enters the body. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

Some people can be infected with the flu virus but have no symptoms. During this time, those people may still spread the virus to others.

Period of Contagiousness

You may be able to pass on flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

People with flu are most contagious in the first 3-4 days after their illness begins.

Some otherwise healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick.

Some people, especially young children and people with weakened immune systems, might be able to infect others with flu viruses for an even longer time."

[alphorn] 05/4/2020 12:39

Weekend indices - calm on the Western Front?