Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[gbh2] 11/4/2020 08:16

My Straight forward buying/selling of shares is in and out of a IG ISA for £3 a pop + the usual tax on buying and as long as I execute +Three Trades a month there are no further Fees.

[poikka] 11/4/2020 08:08

BBC's Justin Webb interviewed Yanis Varoufakis this morning. Here's the conclusion, roughly.

Germany benefited massively from the Euro's exchange rate, when the Euro was established, to the detriment of mostly southern European countries, so now Germany and others should help the poorer South.

JW - "And will they"

YV - "No".

[cheshire pete] 11/4/2020 08:01

"There is the possibility of double counting. If deaths are sometimes recorded promptly before paperwork is completed, and other times when the paperwork is ready, there needs to be a check that they do not end up recording the same death twice."

Sounds possible, especially if the system is at or approaching capacity. Surely there are checks and balances in place, audits etc.?

[xxxxxy] 11/4/2020 07:16

Review the dataBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: APRIL 11, 2020The death rate is too high. Every death is a tragedy. We all want to see it going down. The nation mourns those who have lost their lives to this disease.Soon the government needs to review progress with its object of flattening the curve of the virus spread, to consider how long we need to remain in lock down.I am glad we are now privy to the figures the government relies on. In the daily briefings we are shown two graphs or "curves", the trend in hospital deaths from CV 19 and the trend in hospital admissions for the infection.It is presumably these curves that need to be sufficiently flattened to allow the government to transit to the third phase of its  advisers' planned handling of the virus crisis.There are several issues with the Death figures that need getting right. I think it would be good for some administrators and statisticians from government and or from the scientific community advising the government to spend some time ensuring accurate data. This should not involve medical and hospital staff time which is needed to handle the patients. There was a change in the basis of their compilation on March 26th, when they shifted from 8 hour to 24 hour reports, moving the numbers up.  Can they smooth the figures to allow for this?There is the issue of whether the deaths are all recorded on the appropriate day. The day before yesterday we were told the higher number included deaths from earlier days which they thought had not been recorded at the time. Can't the numbers to be reworked for all but the most recent by reference to the death date on the medical death certificate?There is the possibility of double counting. If deaths are sometimes recorded promptly  before paperwork is completed, and other times when the paperwork is ready, there needs to be a check that they do not end up recording the same death twice.The wider ONS figures are also of interest. These are higher as they include deaths not in hospital where CV19 was present. These include  some where  the deaths certified as with CV19  are based on statements  about symptoms with  no tests to confirm the presence of the virus. The figures include cases where  CV 19 is mentioned where other severe conditions mean the patient would probably have died without the virus anyway.Hospital admission with the virus is an easier series to get right. Presumably all on admission for CV 19 treatment are tested to ensure they have it, to make the correct treatment available. Admission takes place at one stated time and date, so it should be relatively easy to get a clean series of numbers that are accurate. A simple check would be to compare bed numbers and occupancy rates by hospital and to examine any outliers.This is such an important decision both to control the disease and for the jobs and livelihoods of the many, that the decision takers need the most accurate possible numbers.

[ianood] 11/4/2020 00:10

Investment Trusts

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:50

Everything's on the up with the Tories
The gap between the richies and the poories
The porky pies and fabricated stories
Yes, everything's on the up with the Tories

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:47

The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich.



They can no longer brainwash and control you.

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:47

ASDB9 - another one without many qualifications.

How many CSEs did you fail thicko?

LOL

[asdb9] 10/4/2020 23:43

You need to take your pills dear

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:17

The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich
The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich
The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:06

Funny how Tory supporters blame everything on Labour. FFS they have been in power for a decade! ROFLMAO!

What have they been doing? Just blaming Labour for issues over a decade ago and then blaming the opposition???

All the current failures fall at the feet of the Tories, they have had 10 years to get it right. 10 years folks!

[minerve 2] 10/4/2020 23:02

Pierre Oreilly 10 Apr '20 - 16:40 - 300122 of 300145

My Polytechnic of Wales Honours Degree was awarded under the SAME governing body as that of universities. In fact universities could fudge the system more because they had the freedom to self grade where polytechnics hadn't. So nice try. ;)

Labour brought in university fees because the system would have collapsed without them. When Labour left government fees were capped at about £3K. Since 2010 the Tories have allowed increases of 300%.

Many teenagers had no other choice but to try for university over the years because opportunities in real apprenticeships collapsed as Thatcher and the Tories killed British industry and allowed crony capitalism to ditch any modicum of respect they had left for human capital.

[cheshire pete] 10/4/2020 21:38

It'll all work out ok. Boris and Rishi will sort the money out and the UK will recover strongly while the Eurozone states squabble.

[diku] 10/4/2020 21:11

For him to make such comments it suggest it isn't a United Union...when push comes to shove you are own your own...



Long-standing Europhile Guy Verhofstadt has argued for “a common European approach”. Writing for Politico, Mr Verhofstadt argued: “We should use this crisis to forge a more united and stronger Europe.” He added: “If we’re to overcome this storm together, it has to be as one union — not 27 individual countries.”

[crossing_the_rubicon] 10/4/2020 20:43

Remoaners claim EU membership doesn't jeopardise control of borders

They LIED

Evidence?

"The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law when they refused to take in migrants under the European Union's September 2015 relocation agreement"

Migrants are NON EU citizens. No country should be forced to take in non EU residents, especially lying bogus refugees.



EU needs to BURN to the ground.
It deserves no less.
And Europhiles need to burn with it.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 10/4/2020 20:36

"maxidi10 Apr '20 - 16:26 - 300119 of 300139
ALPHORN....
DITTO. You stuck up, pompous cretin"

Unfair to pompous cretins imo.

[chinahere] 10/4/2020 19:40

It didn't stop with EFTA because the EU politicians wanted more power.