Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[xxxxxy] 05/4/2020 16:09

OBSERVATIONSYes, it's true. Far more EU nationals wanted to become citizens of the soon-to-be-non-EU United Kingdom, than vice versa. The UK's decision to leave the EU did not stem the tide of those EU nationals wanting to be British.The EU has spent the last three years wittering on about "citizens' rights" when it should have been negotiating a normal continuation of trading arrangements between the EU and the UK. Prominent EU politicians such as Mijneer Guy Verhofstadt MEP have repeatedly made very disparaging statements about the UK, as if it has a human rights record worse than China's.Well Guy, if the UK is so awful, how come more EU people want to become British than want to become citizens of your own country of Belgium, or of any of the other EU countries??And how come you buy vintage British sports cars and come over to the UK to race them, if we're such monsters?Face it Guy, it's great to be British. :-)

[k38] 05/4/2020 16:09

Boris must show strong leadership when comes to Brexit or will risk losing the next election. .Free trade or no deal... and No Extension!

[diku] 05/4/2020 16:09

You have some grudge against the BBC...just change the channel...

[xxxxxy] 05/4/2020 16:05

Going forward. Policy.Made in UK. First.Not Made in the EUSSRNot Made in China.Let's break the final shackles that hold us to the ghastly EUSSR.NO DEAL NO DEAL NO DEAL

[k38] 05/4/2020 16:02

I post these numbers because the BBC still shows that German cow telling us that Boris didn't hantle the situation well by not locking down the country from day one.Yet Germany in far front on infected cases.SO PLS SHUT UP!

[xxxxxy] 05/4/2020 16:02

. Duncan, Cumbria , Thursday, April 02, 2020, 09:45:So the EU bureaucrats in Brussels hate us but the people of the EU still like us so much they want to become British. Well, more than any oither EU country anyway.Another superb article, well done Facts4EU team.

[xxxxxy] 05/4/2020 16:00

BOFPosted April 5, 2020 at 10:30 am | PermalinkI find it truly shocking that all deaths WITH coronavirus are being reported as having died OF it, which is a blatant distortion of the truth, and could be interpreted as deliberate manipulation.Please Sir John, can you direct your efforts to ensuring that this changes and we get accurate, balanced and truthful reporting of the statistics.Reply?Original ChrisPosted April 5, 2020 at 12:19 pm | PermalinkThat is disgraceful, if true, BOF. It completely distorts the epidemiology. No wonder we don't trust politicians/Government.

[maxk] 05/4/2020 15:56

Or even what they died of...

[k38] 05/4/2020 15:54

Based on infected numbers... The death numbers are no matter for now as we don't know the age, health and serious of each case.. US 311,00 cases and 8,400 deaths .Spain 130,000 cases and 12,418 deaths .Italy 124,000 cases and 15,000 deaths .Germany 97,000 cases and 1,478 deaths .France 90,000 cases and 7,560 deaths .UK 47,806 cases and 4,932 deaths .Russia 5,389 cases and 45 deaths

[jacko07] 05/4/2020 15:50

Alp..I realise that Minerve is attached the EU by the hip, but I don't get why you are. You come over as an astute FX trader where as Minnie comes over as follow the herd chancer. You also live in Switzerland who are not a member, but are in Schengen.

Aren't the Swiss going to hold a vote on staying in Schengen, do they want to be part of free movement in an area comprising 26 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control. The Schengen area also includes Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Lichtenstein, none of which are member states.

The vote if it isn't deferred is on May 17 which is fairly soon, what's your take, will Swiss residents vote to regain control of their borders. The chances are the Swiss may well vote out.

[alphorn] 05/4/2020 14:49

Lord Bath was quite a character. So now Emma Weymouth becomes the first black marchioness.

[alphorn] 05/4/2020 14:44

I can see the reaction to my post on Transition extension.

As expected emotions rule on this thread for most. So funny!

Lucky that you are not fish - you would all be caught.

[pierre oreilly] 05/4/2020 14:20

Minny not mummy!

[pierre oreilly] 05/4/2020 14:20

I see mummy's back to normal. Very sad when anyone dies, friends or foe. We need characters like lord bath in this sanitised banal pc world.

[pierre oreilly] 05/4/2020 14:11

Poik, I thought they were doing their best and we shouldn't criticise?

[diku] 05/4/2020 14:10

I think Bojo has the upper hand knowing the Coronavirus financial impact to both parties...damage limitation...give UK the deal or no deal it is...

[minerve 2] 05/4/2020 14:09

Coronavirus: Lord Bath dies after contracting Covid-19

Oh, what a shame. My heart bleeds.

[maxk] 05/4/2020 14:03

Any excuse to delay/cancel is better than none when it comes to the €U fanatics.

[stonedyou] 05/4/2020 14:02

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Remarkable British team that made jab in three weeks (now pray that it works)


Over the past month, I've mentioned a few times that our best hope, and perhaps

the only way out of this pandemic, will be by creating a safe and effective

vaccine. Only then will the world be able to get back to normal.

And, in fact, a couple of weeks ago, just before the lockdown began, I was busy

filming a special BBC Horizon documentary looking at this very subject.

We were lucky enough to be invited to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West

London, to meet a team from Imperial College, one of several groups around the

world working on finding a jab that could protect people from Covid-19.

What is potentially so exciting about the Imperial approach is that if everything

goes right – and that is a big if – the team could be in a position to produce up

to five million doses of the vaccine by the end of this year. That will be enough

to protect the more vulnerable against that much-talked-about – and feared –

potential second wave of infections.


Professor Robin Shattock, the man heading the research at Imperial, has been

working on vaccines for decades. When he first heard about the outbreak of a novel

virus in China, he assumed that, like previous outbreaks, it would either be

contained or fizzle out. 'We have seen a number of small outbreaks before and we

thought this might be one of those,' he says, 'although we have always been aware

in the scientific community that a pandemic might very well occur.'

[diku] 05/4/2020 13:58

And what about the property prices...stay at elevated levels?...

[diku] 05/4/2020 13:56

Ken...you don't have a door bell?...you are under the instructions to stay at home!...and the food delivery person would normally ring the bell...so what happened to that food?...

[patientcapital] 05/4/2020 13:52

Your reset values are far too high. If there is a depression (a deep recession is a given barring a miracle) DJIA will end up nearer 3k over the next year or two with FTSE100 back to where it started or lower. One only needs to review what happened in 1929-32. Arguably the next period could be significantly worse.

Cheery thoughts for a Sunday.