Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[alphorn] 21/8/2019 13:29

Looked back on YouTube and it is true that the BBC did not cover the purchase of Alaska by the USA from the Russian Empire in 1867. Appalling!

ROFLMAO

[willoicc] 21/8/2019 13:26

GB and Ireland were in a full political and economic union from the Act of Union until the Republic or Ireland became independent in 1922.

They 'joined' together again when both joined the EEC in the 1970's

For hundreds of years Great Britain and Ireland, and the UK and the Republic of Ireland, have been more closely aligned than any other countries in the EU.

It is a perfectly sensible solution that the UK and the Republic of Ireland should be granted a special dispensation for some sort of administrative UK/ROI Union after the UK leaves the EU.

It is only the intransigents of the EU that ridicules the idea.

Everyone talks about peace between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and everyone wants good ongoing relations between the UK and the Republic of Ireland but every idea is dismissed because it does not suit the EU's aim of turning the UK into a satellite of the EU.

[sentimentrules] 21/8/2019 12:57

Beautiful teletubby day... Buy my feathered friends..your friends in America await you with open arms...

[k38] 21/8/2019 12:54

BobTrump has a better chance buying Scotland after the referendum. lol

[xxxxxy] 21/8/2019 12:53

Chinese would not get a look in.USA brings money. But also Freedom and Democracy.Chinese don't have such values.Freedom and Democracy are priceless.LEAVE and WTO

[careful] 21/8/2019 12:52

k38

Oh dear oh dear.

From the Magna Carta to the American Constitution property rights are a powerful theme. In the American Constitution property rights are as powerful as individual liberty.

'The land belongs to the people who live on it'.
It definitely does not.

Take a detention, and write an essay giving examples that illustrates that your statement is wrong.

[bargainbob] 21/8/2019 12:49

Little England would be a better buy for Donald . It all timing perfect distressed asset at the moment .

[k38] 21/8/2019 12:44

Oh yeah.. the Germans. I remember well at that time they wanted to buy a few of them not just one. lolAnyway, the land belongs to the people who are living on it. Not to government of the time. They can't and must not sell something doesn't belong to them personally.

[careful] 21/8/2019 12:42

The art of the deal, Trump style.

The Danes should approach the Chinese and offer to sell Greenland to them.
Strategic naval bases, mineral wealth, many advantages.

Trump could be invited to counter bid to get the price up.
Sell to the highest bidder.

Unlike me, who understands its limitation, many on this thread are fans of unlimited democracy.

So then the Greenland folk should have an election, vote in a Corbyn type, then nationalise it without compensation.

Wheres the problem, so many principles involved that you all seem to believe in.

Not so much Brexit, more Greensit.

[xxxxxy] 21/8/2019 12:42

If we bought Eire, depending on a referendum of The People, it would cost about 3 trillion. Doable, but is it worth it. Maybe in long run. Just mulling. Greenland better value. Split it with US. LEAVE and WTO

[xxxxxy] 21/8/2019 12:10

Actually perhaps UK may consider buying too.

[xxxxxy] 21/8/2019 12:09

Seems a reasonable consideration to buy Greenland. Depends on a referendum of The People who live there.. Good Luck

[minerve 2] 21/8/2019 11:42

Always leave part of the portfolio liquid so that if a correction happens then you can take the opportunity to invest cheaply.

I always have liquidity via cash and short-term bonds/gilts/treasuries. Of course Buffett had the perfect liquid reserves in his insurance assets with forward cash flow on insurance premiums. Clever boy.

[alphorn] 21/8/2019 11:42

Now that it seems that Greenland is not up for sale there is an idea that Trump should buy Ireland. If that does not work BoJo is reported to have an idea. What’s Boris Johnson’s big idea to replace the backstop? Allies tell me (TND) he wants a bilateral agreement with Ireland that will see Dublin diverge from EU rules temporarily to share a common rule book with the UK.
The silly season is not just the demain of F1.

[mr.elbee] 21/8/2019 11:38

Nothing remotely like the 1930's...yes he must be REALLY old.

Brilliant analysis of "if Boris will bottle it" Pete...My thoughts exactly.

Nowt to worry about.

[123trev] 21/8/2019 11:10

O/T but a new blood test is said to very accurately predict if you will be dead within the next ten years! Well at least you can have a better strategy towards what’s important in life I suppose.

[buywell3] 21/8/2019 10:53

he did but DOW Theory just confirmed buywell theory yesterday --- 6 months later

bargainbob21 Aug '19 - 09:08 - 269034 of 269059

I thought buywell already called it.

[alphorn] 21/8/2019 10:49

Adding to #056 the triggers for any such move are always hidden. If they were in plain sight then the market would have already adjusted. The $64k question is to identify them before anyone else. ;)