Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[mr.elbee] 13/12/2020 18:51

what exactly is getting out of control?{Germany locking down again amid discussion that it is getting out of control again. Will others need to follow suit one wonders? All adds to muddy the waters.}

covid?[not in a MILLION years] or the dangerous fascist response

[investtofly] 13/12/2020 18:39

Governments are CLUELESS Personal Responsibility has more chance of success

[utrickytrees] 13/12/2020 18:38

Merv, the reason the £ is where it is is because of the pension funds. Could you be more explicit?

[minerve 2] 13/12/2020 18:08

"Personal responsibility is needed."

Since when have the majority of the UK shown the potential for responsibility to themselves and to each other and to exercise self-discipline?

Fantasy to expect the UK to behave like Japanese or South Koreans.

[minerve 2] 13/12/2020 18:06

"To be fair, though, warnings were given along side the temporary easing."

You cannot leave discretion to chimps. This has been the problem all along. 12 months later and we haven't moved any further towards normality. The rate of vaccines is abysmal and will do nothing to bring the transmission rates down.

[diku] 13/12/2020 17:36

Is the 31 Dec deadline a bluff?...increase in Covid cases is working in favour for EU...keep pushing back deadlines...

[patientcapital] 13/12/2020 17:33

To be fair, though, warnings were given along side the temporary easing. The government can only do so much. Personal responsibility is needed.

[patientcapital] 13/12/2020 17:19

Germany locking down again amid discussion that it is getting out of control again. Will others need to follow suit one wonders? All adds to muddy the waters.

[geckotheglorious] 13/12/2020 17:11

Beware the DEBT
Developed markets’ total debt—government, corporate, and households—jumped to 432 percent of GDP in the third quarter.

Emerging market debt-to-GDP hit nearly 250 percent in the third quarter, with China reaching 335 percent, and for the year the ratio is expected to reach about 365 percent of global GDP. 



Most proponents of the modern monetary theory start their premise by stating that government deficits are matched by households and private sector savings, so there is no problem…Well, the only minor problem (note the irony) is matching one’s debt with another’s savings. 

If we understand the global monetary system, we will then understand that erasing trillions of government debt would also mean erasing trillions of citizens’ savings.

[minerve 2] 13/12/2020 17:10

Utricky

£ is a currency, it isn't Bitcoin.

Nobody wants to invest in the UK and then see the £ depreciate by another 15% in 12 months. Stability is needed.

Investors invest, speculators speculate.

[geckotheglorious] 13/12/2020 17:10

Judases abound in Switzerland it seems!!!



A SECRET AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS CHINESE SPIES TO ROAM FREE IN SWITZERLAND WAS EXPOSED THIS WEEK

Details of a little known agreement between Switzerland and China that allowed Chinese "spies" to enter Switzerland at Swiss taxpayers’ expense have leaked this week. 



“Still could be worse. You could be inviting the PLA for manoeuvres with the Canadian army as Trudeau has done”

[alphorn] 13/12/2020 17:09

max - "if we have to" is a bit different to 'because we want to'.

It is and always has been the booby prize.

There is a worse scenario - No Deal on 01/01/21 followed by trade talks and a deal later in a few months. Companies have today's arrangements, followed by WTO and then onto another basis. This would be the mad hatters tea party. We should not discount it.

[utrickytrees] 13/12/2020 17:01

Why cant you run a pension fund if you dont know what the £'s doing Merv?

[xxxxxy] 13/12/2020 16:45

John Redwood@johnredwood4hA long complex legal Agreement that locks the UK back into many features of the EU that hinder us is not the Christmas present the UK needs.

[xxxxxy] 13/12/2020 16:40

Boris. Today I salute you.But you are going to have to keep it up. All the way.Thankyou

[mr.elbee] 13/12/2020 16:37

Joy I think you are right

[mr.elbee] 13/12/2020 16:30

tosh ...... he is the Cromwellian dictator of our times by HIS choice

there is and will not be any democracy here for a very long time.

[xxxxxy] 13/12/2020 16:28

Boris.Sovereignty.Is the key to success. Do not let it go. You are at present the Guardian of British Sovereignty. Also it is Democratic and Honest. No Deal WTO Liberty