Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[stewart64] 18/7/2019 09:35

Maybe the start of a Market correction today. The Market has been very resilient in view of the imminent political autumn scenarios, few of which look very promising for a Bull run.

[xxxxxy] 18/7/2019 09:22

Michael Sunderland 17 Jul 2019 11:23PM

Do you not think that the balance of payments the difference between what you import and what you export now assumes the importance it did before the N.Sea oil bonanza?. This is the important measure of your wealth or non wealth from here on. Why do you think the U.S is in a trade negotiation with China?. Based upon what I read below you have an acute balance of payments problem just from the fractious relationship with Europe that requires tariffs begin on Nov.1. I am thinking that your trading numbers with the rest of the world are better but you are cannot trade your way out of this with Europe because the markets in Europe are not there never were, never will be.These countries face very hard times once British taxpayers stop subsidizing them. All that has been happening is that you have been paying to keep them afloat and you can see why they wanted 39 billion but this has to end in tears for them or they will never learn to support their economies with disciplined fiscal responsibility. I hope you now select responsible politicians who know what their doing and can guide you on a new and better path for your future.

[xxxxxy] 18/7/2019 08:50

Thank you Mr Barnier

By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: JULY 18, 2019

Mr Barnier’s refusal to re open the Withdrawal Agreement makes it clear. We leave without signing it, and offer a free trade agreement on the way out.

We do not need months of more uncertainty trying to unpick a small amount of the unpalatable things about the draft Withdrawal Treaty. We voted to take back control of our money, our laws and our borders, and must do so by 31 October.

[poikka] 18/7/2019 08:49

"Enlightening" - response to Freddie's.

[hernando2] 18/7/2019 08:49

TBF the banks he bailed out were Scottish led...lloyds would have been alright without having to take on BoS and RBS are still over 60% government owned.

the terms for RBS were far too generous..

[poikka] 18/7/2019 08:47

Bob, m8, that was quite inspiring, to the faithful: are you a journalist? That was your effort, wasn't it?

Bit short on detail, but lift me up!

[bargainbob] 18/7/2019 08:41

Nurse! Nurse! He’s out again. That shoogly lock on the bedroom window of the manse has snapped off again. There’s been an intervention, an intervention which has taken place in the intervening period since the last time he intervened just after his previous intervention.

Gordy Broon is once again front and centre, or wide right then centre, then wide left then centre, repeat until the mixture thickens, if you take into consideration the 10,000 step workout he must get pacing back and forwards in front of his regular captive audience of wilting interventioneestas, their heids swivelling back and forth following his movements, like kittens following a torch beam.

This time he is launching a new think tank called, wait for it, ‘Our Scottish Future’. It’s time to put the positive case forward for the union, says Gordy, the progressive case for Scotland and Scotland’s role in Britain. It’s gonnae be great, it’s gonnae be upbeat, optimistic, constructive and self-affirming.

Therefore naturally the inaugural event for this new think tank, to be staged next month in Edinburgh, is to focus solely on ripping the pish right out of the SNP’s plans for a Scottish pound in a return to the days of our old friend Project Fear’s “what currency will you use?” mantra. Yes, that sounds pretty upbeat and positive about making the union’s case, doesn’t it.

Browns’ choice of words at the launch of this organisation (maybe they can borrow Ruth Davidson’s tank to think in) was revealing. He talked of speaking up for “mainstream221; Scots, and making a “progressive” case for the union. Gordy still thinks, in his dotage, that there is a vast Labour supporting public in Scotland, and hasnae quite grasped that those that he considers the mainstream have long since seen through the neo-liberal New Labour experiment that he was so central in creating with his pal, and sometime rival, the Hague dodger.

He doesn’t have any clout with the mainstream of Scottish society anymore because that mainstream have remained committed to their political roots, championing social justice, supporting public services, promoting fairness and equality, whilst his party completely lost the plot, in ways that would have their founders spinning in their graves, becoming an irrelevant shadow of their former selves, an organisation almost indistinguishable from the established elite they were originally set up to fight against.

As each day passes the number of that “mainstream221; of Scots who are waking up to the idea that the only way to achieve progressive governance for their country which fits with their views and their aspirations for the future is to take the ordinary step of becoming a normal self-governing member of the family of nations of the world is increasing. The lights are coming on all over Scotland, the momentum is building, and Gordy simply does not get that.

Labour votes are not weighed in Scotland anymore Gordon, they are framed and put on display in museums as relics of the past. We have long memories. You are living in the past and your party is not coming back.

Taking the biscuit, in fact taking the biscuit tin, the quote from Brown on this occasion most likely to cause anyone with any knowledge of politics in Scotland and the UK at all to choke on a gub full of rice crispies, causing recycled milk to fire out of a nostril onto any unsuspecting breakfast partners this morning, is a classic, a red neck you simply couldnae paint on this fella, “ There’s no chance of breaking free of austerity under the SNP” he says.

Can you believe it? This is a man, when he was Prime Minister, who spent a fortune in public money bailing out the banks, dramatically increasing the national debt, and giving the Tories who then ousted him the perfect excuse to follow an austerity for everybody else but themselves agenda ever since.

Thanks for that Gordon. Back into the wardrobe for you, as soon as we find where you dumped your straitjacket.

Independence is entirely normal. The case for it is becoming more compelling and urgent by the day.

[maxk] 18/7/2019 08:37

an orderly exit = remain

[poikka] 18/7/2019 08:28

"In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, Mr Stoltenberg says the Russian missiles - which he says are in "clear violation of the treaty" - are nuclear capable, mobile, very hard to detect, and able to reach European cities within a few minutes."

Brussels: Let's have a meeting about this. Inform the catering staff.

[poikka] 18/7/2019 08:26

Enlightening.

[maxk] 18/7/2019 08:26

The UK would “have to face the consequences” of walking away without a deal, he said, adding the deal May negotiated was the only option that would allow “an orderly” exit.

[poikka] 17/7/2019 23:14

My guess is that she wasn't too sure which it was, so she chucked in "Union" after "European".

[poikka] 17/7/2019 23:12

Good start, Ursula!

"When declaring her resignation as Germany’s Ministry of Defence, she said: “The Council of the European Union nominated me in early July as a candidate for the presidency of the EU Commission.”

But it was the European Council that nominated Ms von der Leyen, the body of EU heads of state and government."

Even Minnie would have known that - I think..

Juncker's starting to look brilliant.

[poikka] 17/7/2019 22:47

Here's a link to his Wiki page, Alps. Hope it helps you find out a bit about him.

[alphorn] 17/7/2019 22:15

Daniel Moylan - what has he actually accomplished - would you hire him? :(

[hernando2] 17/7/2019 22:12

the german woman leading the EU got in by about the same margin as we voted for brexit...

I wonder if we will see a 'it was too close to call' campaign saying that the result should be reversed , ignored or have people vote Oh i mean an MEP's vote as it clearly was a poor decision based on incomplete information!!

She wasn't even a contender until she was shoehorned in, and her opening speech makes for great news for the remainers whom are federalists.

United States of Europe here we come, no longer hidden away but out in the open..

Disgusting people and organisation.

How people think this is a good club for our country to be a member of mystifies me..

I was speaking to a Portuguese chap today how has been here for 7 or so years, i said we have loads of Portuguese round us, i said it seems that the wages are much better here.

He said the economy is fantastic in the UK ( he worked in Scotland as well as England) and he really likes the people, but he wished he could live in Portugal as it is his home...sad for these youngsters from countries being destroyed by the the EU

[maxk] 17/7/2019 21:27

h/t to mrs barry on the jtc thread

[smartypants] 17/7/2019 20:47

Any one for some nice lamb chops....7days a week?

Farmers may be forced to slaughter sheep if there is no-deal Brexit

The UK government is considering compensating farmers amid warnings they could be forced to slaughter a “large percentage” of Britain’s sheep.
Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said officials were looking at what it could do to help farmers if they faced a sudden rupture in trade with the EU after Britain leaves on 31 October.
But he said it was better for Britain to leave without a deal than not leave at all, suggesting "HE" was prepared to accept its potentially devastating impact on farmers and sheep.
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) warned earlier this month that leaving without a deal could see new barriers immediately imposed on UK exports to the rest of Europe, with 97% of exports heading to Europe.
They could be left with no market for their meat, and they could end up going out of business and slaughtering their flocks.
Minette Batters, NFU president, said “If you can’t get your lamb into the European Market that puts you into over supply, and that means that you will have many farmers going out of business. Indeed you would have to look at slaughtering quite a large percentage of the national sheep flock.”

Yer, but
Most of them are in Wales..so who cares?
And...The UK will be able to buy that lovely New Zealand lamb ...much nicer, fresher, and cheaper...win win for every one, unless you are a sheep (many of you are) or welsh, or a farmer, or a person who gives a fuk

[minerve 2] 17/7/2019 20:27

"AOC is a nice bit of stuff"

??????

[minerve 2] 17/7/2019 20:18

"Charlie's Angels,not.."

They are not being chosen to just appear and look good in a 3rd rate TV series.

[maxk] 17/7/2019 19:47

Boris Johnson lines up hardline Eurosceptic Daniel Moylan as senior Brexit policy adviser







Peter Foster, europe editor James Rothwell
17 JULY 2019 • 2:07PM
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Boris Johnson has appointed a combative Eurosceptic as a senior adviser to his EU divorce team, the Telegraph can reveal, in a sign that supporters of a clean-break Brexit with infrastructure on the Irish border are now in the ascendancy on his leadership team.

Daniel Moylan, a former senior Johnson lieutenant during his days as London Mayor and Kensington and Chelsea councillor, has been an implacable opponent of both Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement and the Irish backstop.

The 63 year-old’s appointment was met with a mixed reception among moderates who have backed Mrs May’s deal, with one MP from that group observing that “we really are doomed” if Mr Moylan was in charge.




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[grahamite2] 17/7/2019 19:19

AOC is a nice bit of stuff, Max. You can have the other three!