Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[jl5006] 29/3/2020 18:49

remember
Matron was IC with an Area Board
Labour created trusts with C Ex & Cfo and Fin Directors for each faculty. What did that cost the NHS - no proper integrated IT system - still reliant on footwear processing - one system to another.
An utter disgrace - blame the hierarchy
And now ppl = media want to blame GVT
Stevens own up and sort out the gross waste of the Bl/Br drain on the NHS.

[diku] 29/3/2020 18:43

Desperate to get a hair cut...anybody else?...

[essentialinvestor] 29/3/2020 18:32

Many businesses will unfortunately go to the wall, so there will be
some large changes to come. However, eventhough we are experiencing a unique
set of circumstances currently, change always accelerates through each
recessionary cycle.

We looked overdue a recession, at least in terms of longevity of the last expansion.
What this virus has done, is rapidly accelerate the cycle roll over and likely severity
of a subsequent recession. However, yes normality will return and so ultimately will the next expansionary phase. It may just look a little different to what went before.

[utrickytrees] 29/3/2020 18:11

JL5 that's it. 5xy hit the nail on the head the Health officials are driving this atm its almost as though their advice has been accepted without challenge. Look at Sweden they have the confidence as a nation to take a route which contradicts the norm. If the officials are predicting this will continue until June or October we cant fkin afford it!! We need a more targeted approach....what might be right for London might not necessarily be a clever strategy for Derbyshire for instance. It might be that the country will be reliant on the outlying counties to take up the slack while London recovers.

[jl5006] 29/3/2020 17:57

Tricky
We have an hourly service - ave one passenger on board the bus.
Nobody is about in rural areas. Bus is the only way but guess that will be shut down - NHS surgery closed 10 days ago - pharmacy opens half day - there is only one - we are not dying by the cartload - here.

[jl5006] 29/3/2020 17:50

ominic 17 09
Agree but BJ had no choice - he listened to IC and DOH and their comments were impelling.
They may indeed be misfounded and wrong - but the PM is bound by guidance.
If Stevens is a prat and Willy without the no how then that is another matter.
Thegurdian will continue its onslaught - Hope Polly u in Tuscany in your villa - never to return!

[ignoble] 29/3/2020 17:47

Maybe they could have their own carriage
Don't know if it may help

Like the old days of No Smoking carriages and I remember Ladies Only compartments....

[diku] 29/3/2020 17:38

Bring back the Sierra...I mean the Ford Sierra...and Vauxhall Cavalier!...




'Modeo man' was a socio economic group. A man used to be proud of his 5 year old Mondeo.
Goodbye Mercedes and BMW for the masses, back to Mondeo man.

It was good whilst it lasted.

[minerve 2] 29/3/2020 17:28

pal44

We have no idea what the number is because the testing has ended. I actually think the number of cases is far higher than 32,000 I calculated two weeks ago.

[xxxxxy] 29/3/2020 17:17

As Boris Johnson warns that things will get worse before they get better, Downing Street sources state that China faces a 'reckoning'.The country is likely to have to remain in lockdown until June followed by continued social distancing restrictions according to the Imperial College London epidemiologist Neil Ferguson. His predictions were echoed by Michael Gove speaking to Ridge on Sunday.As the UK heads into the second week of lockdown, and the death toll hits four figures, Ministers and senior Downing Street officials turned on China over the pandemic saying that they face a 'reckoning' over their handling of the outbreak and risk becoming a 'pariah state'.Big changes are going to be required over China's perceived misinformation, their attempts to exploit the crisis for economic gain and the appalling records on human and animal rights.The government may well need to re-examine the controversial decision to allow Huawei to build large parts of Britain's new 5G telecoms network. Defeat was only narrowly avoided in the Commons recently and those Tories on the fence at that time may well be rapidly climbing off.The Dutch government is also less than enamoured with China after having to recall hundreds of thousands of masks ordered from from the Communist state after they failed quality controls with tests showed they either didn't properly protect the face or had defective filters. The Irish government will be hoping that their €208m purchase of Personal Protective Equipment that is starting to arrive in Dublin from China today is not similarly affected. Post-Brexit talks with the EU will resume next week, with Michael Gove co-chairing the discussions via video conference. Draft legal texts were exchanged on the 18th March but talks were put on hold with both Michel Barnier and David Frost affected by coronavirus. Downing Street continue to state that the Government will not request any extension to the 31st December deadline, as the SNP call for talks to be delayed and transition extended.In the latest collaboration between industry and state, data allowance caps have been removed during the lockdown by all UK broadband firms after striking a deal with the government to ensure that everyone in Britain can access telecoms services during the Covid-19 crisis.New mobile and landline packages are also being launched, with digital secretary Oliver Dowden saying: "It's fantastic to see mobile and broadband providers pulling together to do their bit for the national effort by helping customers, particularly the most vulnerable, who may be struggling with bills at this difficult time... It is essential that people stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. This package helps people to stay connected whilst they stay home."For the latest news and developments throughout the week, please do follow @GlobalVision_UK on Twitter and via our daily briefing.

[xxxxxy] 29/3/2020 17:10

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

[xxxxxy] 29/3/2020 17:09

ominicPosted March 29, 2020 at 1:23 pm | PermalinkThe NHS is always overloaded. It's been their mantra since they became a vested interest. It's the only method they know to expand their budgets.The NHS must be exposed to criticism not uncritical sycophancy. We know what happens when this organisation is allowed to function without oversight.When will people learn and understand what happened in 1997? Blair turned the entire public sector into a political and party vested interest when before its function was the oppositeAnd now we have an entire public sector whose primary function is the promotion of itself and its political leverage and political influenceThe NHS is now a political religion that no political party dare touch. That is very dangerous as it transfers a certain degree of political power from elected politicians to unelected bureaucratsIt is my belief that what we are seeing is the destruction of private sector employment by a PM pandering the influence of NHS chiefs and academic 'experts'Well, it's the private sector that pays the bills of the NHS not the other way around. So who exactly will pay the bills of this PM's political decision to destroy employment in the private sector on the altar of more virtue signalling politics?It almost feels we have become slaves to the Blair's political construct he built in 1997 and has been built upon by every cowardly Tory PM since

[jl5006] 29/3/2020 17:05

careful
A finance lease is just that - u have to pay -no cop out!
HP still exists until u pay it off.
I cant afford my BMW on FL - u could not afford it when u bought it?
Credit score for many down the mines.

[jl5006] 29/3/2020 17:00

Pal 44
Guess u will hide away?
Phps die - useless prediction!

[careful] 29/3/2020 16:55

I wonder how bad things will get for Lloyds bank.
Already there re reported cases of people handing back their lease financed cars because they cannot afford the monthly payments.

Lloyds are big in car lease financing.

Same with BTL mortgages, so dependent on the rented sector.
Investment in property to rent for overseas students is huge in many parts of the country.
And the Universities themselves have become dependent on overseas students.
Some are laying off staff.

And this thing has not even started.
Things will get very bad economically. If this thing goes on for too long.

[maxidi] 29/3/2020 16:51

Poikka

I was in Dominican republic when I was 17yo and it was horrific. A civil war on at the time.
I was offered a bottle of rum 7 coca cola and a woman for one dollar.....Needless to say I declined the offer and legged it back to the ship and we headed for Jamaica which was only slightly better. LOL

[alphorn] 29/3/2020 16:48

Poika - Africa was also quite an experience. However, there are still too many cases of modern slavery within the UK. Should have been stamped out moons ago.

[maxidi] 29/3/2020 16:42

There are no real communist countries left in the world. China has morphed into a very ruthless dictatorship as has Russia. Even Cuba is run by big money nowadays.

[poikka] 29/3/2020 16:41

maxidi, I saw much the same when I was in India in 1961, it was a shock to me as a 16 year-old accustomed only to life in the UK.

Women selling themselves for a bar of soap, or packet of cigarettes - for example. Have to say that I'm referring to ports such as Calcutta. Alexandria in Egypt was much the same.

We're so fortunate to live where we do, which make it so irritating to hear people in this country complaining.