Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[crossing_the_rubicon] 14/4/2020 17:46

@mike,
Indeed. Not in Spain and Italy.

Nor Qatar. Not Bahrain. Nor Saudi.

Nor India.

It is spreading and whilst temperature/humidity is a mitigating factor, the summer will not see this end unfortunately..

[mikemichael2] 14/4/2020 17:42

He certainly is!!!

'the weather will do the rest when people are let out'

I think you will find 'the weather' didn't help Spain and Italy

[alphorn] 14/4/2020 17:36

No, the numbers for all the currency groups are enormous. Some are actual cash, some like the £330bn package are non-cash (guarantees).
All countries are in the deep sh-t - who will be the less weak?
Much too early to say.

[diku] 14/4/2020 17:24

Alp..is that a fudge response?...

[crossing_the_rubicon] 14/4/2020 17:11

"mr.elbee14 Apr '20 - 08:56 - 9106 of 9129
the lockdown was not to and will not deal with Corona"

Oh dear, you're spouting drivel from the off.


"It was to get the markets up..the weather will do the rest when people are let out"

There is no evidence that summer will be an ameliorating factor fyi.
It is spreading in warm climates already - not as fast,but spreading nonetheless.


"This is a mild flu ..a gigantic hoax. every epidemiolgist over sixty says this.."

False.
And you're an idiot if you think this is a mild flu.

[patientcapital] 14/4/2020 17:05

Or Barrick, IGLN & SPGP :)I also have a holding in Avacta. Pity it took a ghastly event such as the world is currently witnessing but one can't grumble with its recent performance.

[hernando2] 14/4/2020 16:55

Italy don't want it , if they take it they will get a Troika running the country once they get out of the pandemic, (if they ever do).

Its the defining moment for the Euro and the EU, shared debt or not..

[alphorn] 14/4/2020 16:43

diku - Are you a born worrier?

[minerve 2] 14/4/2020 16:37

Should have invested in Purp, PFG and Capita.

ROFLMAO!

[minerve 2] 14/4/2020 16:37

Your savings are going down the plughole.
Your savings are going down the plughole.
Your savings are going down the plughole.
Your savings are going down the plughole.

[diku] 14/4/2020 16:24

Is the 500bln euro EU rescue package really enough?...more than half Italy will probably gobble it...not much left for Spain?...and the rest?...

[diku] 14/4/2020 16:23

Is the 500bln euro EU rescue package really enough?...more than half Italy will probably gobble it...not much left for Spain?...and the rest?...

[jl5006] 14/4/2020 15:42

Theories all well and good Mr Javid - but we cant let the country go bankrupt in terms of jobs and people by maintaining this semi lockdown for very much longer.
Once businesses go down the pan there is no way out of negative equity.

[ignoble] 14/4/2020 14:51

Whatever happened to MRSA
That was a horror story infecting hospitals

Don't hear of it anymore...

[k38] 14/4/2020 14:39

EU bailout feud far from over: The EU's emergency financial plan to combat the effects of Covid-19 has collapsed days after it was agreed. Over the weekend, Giuseppe Conte took aim at the EU and its leaders saying he would block next week's EU video summit unless the bloc agreed to take a big step towards debt mutualisation. He said, "we will fight for eurobonds" and that "the ESM is a totally inadequate and improper instrument for the emergency we are facing." The bailout fund threatens to deepen the North-South divide in the EU and could mean, as the Mayor of Stazzema in Tuscany points out in his letter to Angela Merkel: "The next victim of Covid-19 will be Europe unless there is more solidarity between states."

[xxxxxy] 14/4/2020 14:30

?UK lockdown set to be extended into May as SAGE review its impact. Meanwhile, as care homes face Covid crisis, British companies work to keep PPE stocks replenished. No let up on the lockdown: The government is insisting the lockdown measures are working but stressed they must continue for the foreseeable future until we are certain we have reached the peak. This comes after increased concern over the economic impact of the measures. Yesterday France announced it will be extending the lockdown period and the British government has also made it clear now is not the time to ease up.Countries are beginning to consider relaxing measures for certain parts of the economy as they put together plans for an exit strategy, with some reports suggesting the list of shops that are allowed to be open could be extended as well as schools being reopened. We are still far from that as yet and SAGE will hold a video conference later today to assess the latest data and review the lockdown as they prepare to extend the current measures into May. Therese Coffey, the work and pensions secretary,  has told Sky News "this isn't going to be over in weeks, it will take months," revealing figures that show up to 1.4 million people have claimed universal credit but stressing that the department is capable of managing those claims. Covid in our care homes: Figures from five other European countries suggest that care  home residents have accounted for between 42% and 57% of all Covid-19 related deaths. This casts doubt over the accuracy of the official UK figures that fail to account for deaths outside hospital settings. The Office of National Statistics suggests that the total number of deaths up to the 3rd of April was 10% more than the government figures which only included hospital deaths. Professor Chris Whitty confirmed people's fears over the extent of the outbreak in care homes last night when he revealed 13.5% of the UK's care homes had at least one confirmed case. The charity director of Age UK, Caroline Abrahams, has suggested this is down to a lack of PPE and adequate testing in homes.Crowdsourced 3D printing initiative is supplying the frontline: The UK's 3D printing firms have had orders for hundreds of thousands of pieces of PPE in an effort to keep hospital supplies topped up after accusations that some hospitals were running dangerously low. The government has insisted that there is enough PPE but a crowdsourced 3D printing initiative, 3DCrowd UK, have pooled their resources to scale up production of face masks and other equipment for the NHS. Barbour repurposes factories to produce PPE: British fashion brand Barbour has repurposed its supply line to turn out 100,000 face masks a week. NHS staff have praised the efforts, noting the quality of the gowns being produced by the company. Company chairman, Dame Margaret Barbour has said "everyone has a role to play in fighting COVID-19," also stressing the importance of British companies helping in times of crisis like it has in both the World Wars. Louis Vuitton became the latest fashion brand to commit its factories to the production of PPE.EU bailout feud far from over: The EU's emergency financial plan to combat the effects of Covid-19 has collapsed days after it was agreed. Over the weekend, Giuseppe Conte took aim at the EU and its leaders saying he would block next week's EU video summit unless the bloc agreed to take a big step towards debt mutualisation. He said, "we will fight for eurobonds" and that "the ESM is a totally inadequate and improper instrument for the emergency we are facing." The bailout fund threatens to deepen the North-South divide in the EU and could mean, as the Mayor of Stazzema in Tuscany points out in his letter to Angela Merkel: "The next victim of Covid-19 will be Europe unless there is more solidarity between states."Economic revival rests on free markets: Sajid Javid has written an article in the Times stressing the importance of a free enterprise economy to create jobs and wealth to properly fund our public services post coronavirus. He praised the government and more specifically Rishi Sunak for his decisiveness during the crisis and said he will be working with the Centre for Policy Studies think tank to help arm the government with ideas on a speedy economic recovery. With economic pressure mounting on countries due to Covid-19, lockdowns will be relaxed and Javid argues we must resist calls to abandon our free-enterprise, free-trade economic model. On our site today: Today's article comes from Adrian Hill, who served with Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service for almost 30 years. His article criticises China and its ruling communist party for its handling of the pandemic. You can read the full article here.For the latest news and developments throughout the day, please do follow @GlobalVision_UK on Twitter.Thanks for reading, and enjoy the rest of your day.

[ignoble] 14/4/2020 14:27

True....
Haircut, I am starting to look like a cross between Neanderthal Man and Francis Rossi
Not a good look.... I have at least shaved....

[diku] 14/4/2020 14:27

Bowl cut better...

[k38] 14/4/2020 14:27

Ignoble needs a haircut.......;))

[aljm] 14/4/2020 14:25

i got a lawnmower.....

[k38] 14/4/2020 14:24

Now he has to take the bus.. this bus stop at 32p is for the ones who they miss the boat. By the way, there's going to be a lot of (up and down) bus stops... Lol..

[diku] 14/4/2020 14:24

Desperate for a proper hair cut...

[aljm] 14/4/2020 14:20

only market sentiment keeping this down imo, things have had their lows, just waiting for the good feelings to come back,

[aljm] 14/4/2020 14:19

this aint going lower than 30p, now, that boat has sailed