Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[poikka] 20/8/2019 16:28

BBC Business Live headline:

"Pound falls on Johnson Brexit letter."

Reality: Pound unmoved against the Euro, and up 0.3% against the dollar - as of 16.25.

Question: Why doesn't the BBC report it when the £ rises?

Answer: because that wouldn't suit their agenda, unless someone has a better explanation.

[smartypants] 20/8/2019 15:56

Taking back control..?
Even though "we" still have a say in things untill the UK leaves..
Not interested.
UK has given its vote to Finland (current EU presidency holder) meaning its absence shouldn't block EU decisions.

Guess it will save on bus fares?

The government has decided this week that from 1 September, UK officials and ministers will now only attend EU meetings where the UK has a significant national interest in the outcome of discussions, such as on security.

This decision reflects the fact that the UK’s exit from the EU on 31 October is now very close and many of the discussions in EU meetings will be about the future of the Union after the UK has left.

As the PM has promised in the House of Commons in July, as a departing member state it makes sense to ‘unshackleR17; officials from these EU meetings to enable them to better focus their talents on our immediate national priorities. This includes, as the top priority, work on preparations for Brexit on 31 October and on our future relationship with the EU, but also on pioneering new trade deals and promoting a truly global Britain.

This decision is not intended in any way to frustrate the functioning of the EU. The UK’s vote will be delegated in a way that does not obstruct the ongoing business of the remaining 27 EU members.

Where matters of ongoing national interest are being discussed, the UK will continue to be present until 31 October.

[alphorn] 20/8/2019 15:51

The government has decided this week that from 1 September, UK officials and ministers will now only attend EU meetings where the UK has a significant national interest in the outcome of discussions, such as on security. The UK vote has been given to Finland.

I hope that they stop pay and benefits too. Lol

The MEPs etc will still be coining it. Have no doubt on that.

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 15:39

Modal household income is c£22k.

Says it all.

[ladeside] 20/8/2019 15:31

It's their arrogance and sense of entitlement that gets me Minerve, although it's possibly ignorance as well.

I remember they did a survey in "the city" where they were asking people what they thought the minimum and average wages were in the UK.

The results made for interesting reading where many thought the "average" was around £80k and the "minimum" was around £25k.

Different world indeed............

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 15:26

LADESIDE

These types want their cake and eat it.

[maxk] 20/8/2019 15:22

smarty.

This is what was written, is your dyslexia giving you some gyp today?


He really thinks the withdrawal agreement is a trade agreement only.

[ladeside] 20/8/2019 15:21

April Day, head of equities at Afme, saying: “There are lots of industries trying to make the working day more flexible. Why shouldn’t we be talking about it here in financial services and particularly in trading?”

“As someone who worked in equity sales, when I had my son, I found it very difficult to return afterwards,” she said. Ms Day was a former equity sales director at Dresdner Kleinwort and Panmure Gordon.

UNBELIEVABLE, their sense of entitlement is truly staggering, back in the real world people are having to work 12 hour shifts in factories on the minimum wage just to make ends meet.

We then have those on zero hours who travel daily to their place of work only to be told "they aren't needed today" and then they have to return home with no pay and nobody subsidising their transport costs or their wasted day.

Maybe these sort of things are the reason why many voted Brexit, irrespective of how misguided that may turn out to be...........

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 14:44

exlogicalad now trying his hardest to make 123Trev not look like the same person.


Maybe, you should try harder in looking at other stocks rather than just Lloyds and ITV. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

LOL

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 14:43

The same issues that drive the desire to keep the £ are the same issues that drive Brexit: fear and ignorance.

I've said enough about the subject, time to move on.

[exlogiclad] 20/8/2019 14:43

Alphorn..poor old Trev just loves seeing his name on a post, he isn't bothered about facts and figures.

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 14:40

I noticed that alex but I couldn't be bothered to point the hypocrisy out to the numpty.

[alphorn] 20/8/2019 14:26

123Trev - I don't know why you have to have an answer from Minerve on your currency question. It is a very poor attempt at a windup. Why don't you get off your backside and research it yourself if you are interested - there is plenty of commentary.

[alex1621] 20/8/2019 14:01

Cheshire's got a "shed full of tins" yet calls it all "project fear"? If it's all a big lie why did he bother to stock up? The "I'm alright Jack mentality" is alive and well with Brexit lovers. Boris and Co. have had some fun trying to convince us all that no deal is inevitable and unstoppable ... but next week he's going to get a taste of parliamentary reality ... with no deal off the menu.

[jordaggy] 20/8/2019 13:48

Rothschild!!!

[ladeside] 20/8/2019 13:46

Looks like the little Brexiteers are not going to get their way with the big bad Europeans !!

Oh dear, unfortunately it will be ALL of us who end up paying the price for their stupidity, arrogance and misplaced superiority complex..........

[minerve 2] 20/8/2019 13:29

123Trev

I don’t fear political union, fiscal union or monetary union. I am a European progressive.

Does that answer your concerns?

[k38] 20/8/2019 13:24

Baroness Thatcher was way ahead of her time and her predictions on the EU have near enough all been what has happened, one thing is for certain though: we'll never get a leader like Margaret Thatcher again, at least not any time soon. https://www.brugesgroup.com/blog/how-maggie-was-right-on-europe-decades-ago

[123trev] 20/8/2019 13:22

Minerve,that reply indicates that you feel there is something to be caught Out? It’s a simple but fundamental question and should be at the heart of any discussion here and yet isn’t!

[careful] 20/8/2019 13:20

k38
Maggie was right.
But how she would have loved to get a chance to vote for Mays deal.
About 4/5 years ago the EU. sceptics would have loved to sign up for Mays deal in total.

Mays deal is a great deal, I cannot believe it will fail because of some posturing about the damned Irish border.

Boris or someone else will have to find a way of pushing it through, or Brexit could be lost forever.