Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[alphorn] 19/5/2020 16:07

No problem. Bon appetit. ;)

[geckotheglorious] 19/5/2020 16:06

BBQ time bro.
Time to vacate the premises and head to the garden....

[geckotheglorious] 19/5/2020 16:05

What we're seeing in Corporate boardrooms and amongst the political class currently!

[diku] 19/5/2020 16:04

And what is beyond excessive greed?...

[geckotheglorious] 19/5/2020 16:01

What's worse than greed??

Excessive greed clearly!!!

Isn't that obvious?

[cwossingthewubicon] 19/5/2020 15:59

No I'm Spartacus!!!

[cwossingthewubicon] 19/5/2020 15:56

Gotcha bro...

Too easy.

This lockdown is stupendous.

Lorra fun to be had...

[geckotheglorious] 19/5/2020 15:53

Alp,

".......so who is CwossingTheWubicon"

My brother.

Who keeps messing about with my PC.

HTH.

[alphorn] 19/5/2020 15:52

Now government blames SCIENTISTS for coronavirus shambles: Cabinet minister Therese Coffey says blunders were down to 'wrong' science advice as furious finger-pointing breaks out..............

Can't wait for post Brexit. It will bring the wrong sort of leaves to new heights.

[bbalanjones] 19/5/2020 15:24

mm2 You sure comment an awful lot about a bloke you allegedly have on filter!

[dead_cat_bounce] 19/5/2020 15:22

xxxxxy I'm sure your posts are very informative but way too long.

Keep it short and sweet and to the point.

EU will not bend for the UK. You best get used to it.

You know when the exit door is!

June I expect UK to walk away from the talks.

Going to be quite funny to watch!

[arjun] 19/5/2020 15:11

resistance at the moment but when we get past it can act as support

[xxxxxy] 19/5/2020 15:07

Let's welcome back Japanese and Chinese tourists so that they spend spend spend over here.A big big welcome. The UK is open for business.WelcomeCroeso

[xxxxxy] 19/5/2020 15:04

The EUSSR is a poxy nightmare.Let's finish the job. AndNO DEAL

[diku] 19/5/2020 15:03

You mean resistance or support?...most of the day so far below 30p...

[poikka] 19/5/2020 15:03

Can't argue with that, tricky, but the effects are brutal, except for the very young, and long-lasting.

Anyway, we hope for the best. Taiwan hasn't had a new case for 10 days (yesterday). Mind you, they do as they're told over there.

[xxxxxy] 19/5/2020 15:03

UK eyes £15bn trade boost from deal with JapanLondon and Tokyo take first cautious steps towards creating an 'ambitious' free trade agreementByDanielle Demetriou TOKYO19 May 2020 • 11:00amWhen Japan's emperor and empress accepted an invitation from the Queen to make a state visit to the UK this spring, it marked a historic high point in a longstanding friendship between two nations.Not only was it the first overseas invitation accepted by Emperor Naruhito since his succession last year, it was a symbolic complement to their many shared ties: two island nations with a love of tea, a passion for gardens, a respect for politeness – and deeply entwined bilateral trade tiesDaily Telegraph

[bargainbob] 19/5/2020 15:02

Minerva is one of the top posters on this thread , quite frankly most others add zero to the thread and debate.

[arjun] 19/5/2020 15:00

2nd/ 3rd attempt and then 30p be support?

[xxxxxy] 19/5/2020 14:57

UK is still EU's second-largest customer for goods – EU 2020 figuresThe UK is also the customer with the second-highest trade surplus for the EU?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2020The EU tries to airbrush out this fact, as usual, in its latest Q1 2020 figuresBelow is the table issued by the EU on Friday (15 May 2020). It shows the EU's "Main Trading Partners". The reality as far as most of its citizens are concerned, though, is different. Firstly, we show the EU's version.?© EU Commission statistics agency - click to enlargeThe emphasis of the EU's report which it released on Friday – as can be seen below from the title of its document – is clearly on the EU's trade surplus with the rest of the world, which now includes the UK.?© EU Commission statistics agency - click to enlargeNow here is the reality – and it shows the United Kingdom in a truer lightBREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARYThe importance of UK market to the EUSadly, when it comes to ranking countries with whom the EU trades, the EU Commission prefers :-Not to use the trade surplus measure (which puts the UK at no.2, just after USA)Nor to use the biggest customer measure (which puts the UK at no.2, just after USA)The EU sold the UK over €75bn of goods in just three monthsInstead it adds imports together with exports which puts China (marginally) above the UK. However, in the first three months of this year (2020) :-The EU has a massive trade deficit with China : -€39.1bnThe EU has a massive trade surplus with the UK : +€29.5bnIn Jan-Mar 2020, the EU's sales to the UK were 68% higher than they were to ChinaFinally, here are our revised tables for the EU CommissionWe have recreated the EU's table, and sorted it in two ways. We think these better reflect the true "international trade in goods surplus".We start by sorting it by the trade surplus itself, as this is what the EU's report was supposed to be about.?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org - click to enlargeAnd here is the table again, which we have sorted by "biggest customer".?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org - click to enlargeOBSERVATIONSReaders can see for themselves that in the first quarter of this year the United Kingdom continues to be the EU's second-biggest market for goods, dwarfing that of China. Readers can also see that the EU continues to earn a huge trade surplus from the UK."Call yourselves a facts organisation? This is just fake news."Each time we produce positive information like this, showing how the United Kingdom is an important country to the EU and to others around the world, we are attacked - often in not particularly pleasant terms. We report on news like this because if we didn't, anti-Brexit campaigners would be able to continue to persuade the British public that the UK is some insignificant little backwater.The United Kingdom does of course have one of the largest economies in the world and wields significant influence on the world stage. (Not that you would know it, if you watch the BBC or Sky News, or listen to an FCO civil servant.)If this were not true, why is it that 4.5 times the number of EU27 citizens have come to live in the UK than UK citizens going to live in the EU27? [From official EU data.]For anti-Brexit campaigners, we will simply stress that once again we have used the EU's own latest figures, released on Friday. We have even replicated the EU's own table. If you don't like what this is telling you – and if you hate your own country so much that you want to belittle it at every opportunity – then we suggest that you take this up with the EU Commission, not us. (While you're talking to the Commission in Brussels, you might also want to consider applying for Belgian citizenship at the same time?)The United Kingdom MUST transition out of the EU as quickly as possibleLooking at the EU's latest export figures it's no wonder the EU's ideological zealots want to keep the UK in its current EU colony status, by extending the "Transition Period". And it's no wonder they then want to tie the UK into a one-sided trade agreement which would make the whole of the UK subservient to the EU's laws and policies for a generation.We would suggest that these latest trade figures from the EU provide yet another reason why the United Kingdom must stand resolute. The Government is right to say that the EU's current position in the trade talks is untenable and that no country in the world would agree to the EU's terms. Indeed we don't think any other country in the world would have signed the Withdrawal Agreement in January, and that this should be repudiated if possible.In any event we must exit the EU completely, as soon as possible and at the latest by 31 December 2020.

[diku] 19/5/2020 14:56

For some unknown reasons Lloy just hasn't got the momentum above 30p...yesterday's miniscule rise was on the back of the coat tails of FTSE rise...

[arjun] 19/5/2020 14:50

Red over the pond so now we follow them down.....