Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[maxk] 01/12/2018 23:41

Remainer fantasy's coming to an end..

[maxk] 01/12/2018 23:26

Gin and tonic would be better, light on the tonic.

[alphorn] 01/12/2018 23:19

How about a lime cordial then? ;))

[alphorn] 01/12/2018 23:14

I don't have your rose tinted spectacles and a vodka bottle to hand; maybe why.

[maxk] 01/12/2018 23:11

Alp.

I nominate you for remainer of the year, no one even comes close imo.

[alphorn] 01/12/2018 23:03

I posted some while back about the possibility of the US pulling out of the WTO. Pretty important for the Brexit options.

Tonight there has been the G20 communique and bingo the WTO is in it.

The leaders of the G20 agreed to a wide-ranging statement that included an agreement to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a paragraph reiterating U.S. objections to the Paris climate change agreement -- after America reportedly played hardball over the language.
The nonbinding agreement came in Buenos Aires, after all-night talks over the specifics of the language. European Union officials told The Associated Press that the U.S. was the main holdout on almost every issue.

The communique says the leaders recognize that the multilateral trade system “is currently falling short of its objectives and there is room for improvement."
“We therefore support the necessary reform of the [World Trade Organization] to improve its functioning,” the document says. It did not go into detail about what those reforms should be.
President Trump has repeatedly ripped into the WTO and has threatened to pull the U.S. out of the organization, as he has done with the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal. It represents part of a broader push by Trump to separate the U.S. from agreements and obligations that he believes do not serve national interests.
“If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” he told Bloomberg News in August, adding that the agreement establishing it was “the single worst trade deal ever made.”



This reported by the Russians and has not yet been picked up in the media and ; it will. This could have a far reaching impact on the extreme Brixiteer views of over the cliff and into the WTO life boat.

[alphorn] 01/12/2018 21:27

1968 was different, yes - I am sure that you have studied the background.

[mr.elbee] 01/12/2018 21:24

these people ,if that is the word, have no political groups supporting them and are sad little snowflakes that will melt away when the big bad nasty french police start on them.

Now 1968 was different...but this is just pathetic.

[cheshire pete] 01/12/2018 20:22

Riots today in Paris, populist movements on the increase in the EU, the same EU that the elite establishment, the architects of project fear, May, Hammond, Carney et al are trying to brainwash us into thinking we must stay shackled to. Not long to wait now till end March. The people aren't stupid, they know what's happening and democracy will prevail. Soon there will be no more threats from Tusk, and Barnier and Juncker will be a distant memory. We will be free, we will prosper, this country is great and there are no limits to what we can achieve.....all we need to do is believe in ourselves and ignore those who talk the country down.

[maxk] 01/12/2018 19:01

University of Bums on Seats entrance quals required = can you pay the fee's?





One-third of 18-year-old university applicants get unconditional offer



Rise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fuels debate over student recruitment



Richard Adams Education editor

Thu 29 Nov 2018 00.01 GMT



One in three 18-year-olds applying for university places in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this year received some form of unconditional offer, figures show, sparking fresh debate about student recruitment and the effects of separating offers from A-level grades.

A report by the Ucas admissions agency revealed that open unconditional offers continued to rise this year, from 3,000 in 2013 to 68,000, and reached 87,500 when combined with offers that became unconditional when a student made that university their firm choice.

Combining the two forms of unconditional offers means 34% of 18-year-olds applying through Ucas received an offer from one of the five universities they had selected.



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[cm44] 01/12/2018 18:51

Possibly the odd trillionaire?

[diku] 01/12/2018 17:50

From the G20 meeting...how many are millionaires and how many billionaires?...

[diku] 01/12/2018 17:48

mm2...you always seem to have a perfect picture for every situation!...

[minerve] 01/12/2018 17:27

"I compete with fund managers not individuals with illusions of grandeur."

LOL

[jacko07] 01/12/2018 17:07

Alphorn..buy and sell is an idiom, I compete with fund managers not individuals with illusions of grandeur. I have no need to boast.

Bargain, I like your little snipes at me, they are sometimes quite funny. I don't have an inferiority complex which is a psychological impediment. It is very predominent among Scots.

[poikka] 01/12/2018 16:33

Bargainbob - no, not at all interesting - assumptions so far ahead are worthless, even if it said that Brexit would boost the economy by a similar amount. But then Brexiteers don't give out worthless assumptions 15 years into the future. Now THAT's interesting.

[mikemichael2] 01/12/2018 16:32

I think you and Min are 'pals' Alp, you do seem to agree and support him a lot !!

[minerve] 01/12/2018 16:00

I see Jacko's inferiority complex is ruling his mind yet again.

[bargainbob] 01/12/2018 15:51

Interesting

[alphorn] 01/12/2018 15:21

Not one of your best posts Jack. Who really cares who could buy out who? You obviously do otherwise you would not make any comment.


It is of interest what individual posters have invested in; even better when arguments are given as to why. This is an investment forum.

[bargainbob] 01/12/2018 14:57

Jacko I have a feeling will not be happy over Brexit shortly , the Tories are a predictable bunch and easily bought .