Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[maxk] 29/11/2018 20:13

Well, May is in Argentina for the G7 fandango this weekend, so she'll probably give away the Falkland Islands.

[stonedyou] 29/11/2018 19:50

Friends that are really our enemies and nothing more than scum sucking

snakes!!!






'THE POWER IS WITH US' Brussels vows to bully Britain into submission during trade deal talks



BRUSSELS has vowed to outgun Britain when the two sides sit down to thrash out a trade deal.

Jean-Claude Juncker’s fearsome right-hand man Martin Selmayr told Member States they have little to fear because “the power is with us”.



Member States have signalled they will seek further UK concessions on fishing and following EU rules on top of what’s in the non binding Political Declaration.

Countries including France, the Netherlands and Belgium wants access to our waters while others are pushing for tougher Level Playing Field restrictions.

[xxxxxy] 29/11/2018 18:39

Remaining in the EU would come at a big price for Britain


But what about the price of staying put in the EU?

no Brexit does have a cost. Firstly, the price in terms of political capital will be significant. What does going back on the referendum result say to the 17.4million voters who voted Leave? What about the damage done to trust in our institutions and our politicians? Or to the idea that voters can change our country’s destiny by the power of their choices at the ballot box?


But earlier this month, the EU’s budget chief Guenther Oettinger made it clear that Britain would lose this £5.6bn rebate even in the “pleasant but improbable” event of it staying in the bloc.

Open Europe calculated that the most expensive 100 regulations add over £33bn of costs to Britain’s economy — including £4.2bn from the Working Time Directive and £3.4bn from the EU Climate and Energy Package. But it’s questionable that all these extra costs would in any way benefit small retailers that sell only to British customers.

The removal of such regulation would be a big relief: already FTSE 350 companies spend over £800m on complying with the rules — and that’s before the cost to the public sector is counted.

[xxxxxy] 29/11/2018 18:33

Project Hysteria

MARK CARNEY ACCUSED OF ‘PROJECT HYSTERIA’ FOR SAYING NO-DEAL BREXIT WILL CAUSE WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS SINCE THE WAR… Mark Carney has been accused of undermining the Bank of England’s “independence and credibility” after publishing an analysis of the economic impacts of no deal so bleak it has been dubbed “project hysteria”. The Governor of the Bank of England claimed that the UK could endure the worst economic shock since the Second World War if it crashes out of the EU without a deal. His “doomsday̶1; analysis warned that in such a scenario, the economy will shrink by 8 per cent and be tipped into a recession, property prices will fall by a third, the pound will plummet and interest rates will soar. Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leading Eurosceptic MP, said that the Bank of England’s intervention will only serve to entrench opposition to the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal ahead of the crunch vote in the Commons. He told The Telegraph: “This is Project Hysteria. Before the referendum, we were threatened with the plague of frogs. Now they warn of the death of the first born. The Bank of England has gone from being discredited to being hysterical. – Telegraph (£)

LEAVE and WTO

[stonedyou] 29/11/2018 18:17

.." if it dresses like a plonker and talks like a plonker....." A remainer*

[mr.elbee] 29/11/2018 18:13

well that is just silly.

back to.." if it dresses like a plonker and talks like a plonker....."

[alphorn] 29/11/2018 16:33

Jacko - that is why 'Digi Dash' and all his mates do a roaring trade clocking lease cars to avoid higher mileage payments. Apparently they can even rewrite the service history if needed. (I always thought that the electronic systems were safer - no need for an electric drill in reverse!)

I agree PCP is a ticking bomb.

[k38] 29/11/2018 16:24

What is the point of remembrance...Europe is under occupation once more this time by the Brussels mafia and people are happy to give up their freedom ..It's seems to me new generations have to learn from experience not from history.

[jacko07] 29/11/2018 16:17

Car valuations.......A new BMW will lose 52% of it's retail price in 3 years even if it is low mileage. In 4 years it can lose up to 65% depending on the mileage. Fiats and lesser prestige makes can lose more.

Rental car companies can buy new cars direct from the manufacturers for 40% lower than list. One of biggest offenders is Lloyds Leasing, followed by Motobility a car dealer subsidised by the UK taxpayer.

Manufacturers inflate the price of new cars to fit the market, if a private person signs a 3 4 or 5 year lease, they are throwing away thousands of pounds. Dealers do not want hagglers or cash buyers, they have rigged the market and finance makes bigger profits in commission from the banks.

PCP is the replacement PPI or sub prime lending scam...........just wait and see, the bubble is bursting!

[minerve] 29/11/2018 16:13

There is nothing wrong with credit if you can meet your obligations and responsibilities. PCP is no different.

[grahamite2] 29/11/2018 15:30

I once saw a sign in the rear window of a car:

This car might be old.....

but it's paid for!

[k38] 29/11/2018 15:18

Lol........

[patientcapital] 29/11/2018 15:14

Couldn't agree more.

[patientcapital] 29/11/2018 15:14

PCP is practically forced on new car buyers. Had a difficult job telling them I was paying in full by BACS. Another debt time bomb ticking away.

[ladeside] 29/11/2018 15:14

If you can afford a car at £40k, then I'm sure you can afford the £310 surcharge per year.

[gotnorolex] 29/11/2018 14:44

Safety features costs more but is interpreted as luxury!Car tax rates increased in the UK both in April 2017 and this month.

In 2017, vehicle excise duty rates were reformed making emissions limits tighter, to reduce the amount of highly polluting cars off the road in Britain.

First year rates increased significantly and a new set of charges for the second and subsequent years was introduced.

Under the new rates, only cars that produce zero emissions and cost less than £40,000 can dodge paying car tax, under the new rules announced last year.

Any car that costs £40,000 or more has to pay a luxury car surcharge of £310 for the first five years.

[gotnorolex] 29/11/2018 14:33

Chicken Corbyn not keen on a fact probing panel and adjudicator on the BBC set of the "The Brexit Debate" he wants an Question Time type audience instead, so to address them rather than take on Theresa May on the detail of the deal!

[jacko07] 29/11/2018 14:22

The price of new cars in this country is just ridiculous, I reckon we are paying almost double what many EU countries are paying and when they're asking for £18k for a basic 1.0 Volkswagen Golf or Seat Ibiza, you know there's something seriously wrong.

LADESIDE..you are 100% correct, the banks and finance companies along with motor manufactures have created a market that is destined to crash. Britain has always been a Cash Cow for suckers.

This PCP bubble is going to burst, people are trying to wriggle out of contacts in droves. Easy to see it is a bubble, people with maxed out credit cards who can't get a £2k overdraft, can drive a £25k car from the showroom for £299-00.

Brexit will make this worse for Germany especially, the European car makers along with the banks will suffer next year. All of this scare mongering is aimed at the UK when it will affect Europe just as much. Europe and a UK recession will happen anyway even if we have a great deal, a no deal, any deal.

[gotnorolex] 29/11/2018 14:10

Obesity in Scotland increased from 52.4% to 61.9%" in 2013, now 5 years later despite spending a fortune on doctor surgery educational poster & health warnings etc the figure is around 65%. Food banks also grew exponentially in these years!

[ladeside] 29/11/2018 14:09

It's a bit of a quandry for the SNP.

Ideally they want to remain in the EU, however the "hard brexit" would undoubtedly be a disaster for the country but at the same time be great for the indy push, however NS is not so self obsessed that she would sacrifice the country for her own personal gain, unlike some I could mention......