Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[scruff1] 19/12/2020 16:44

Once again Janet Daley speaks more sense than any other media commentator. As I read it Vallance and Whittering on in the background and it underlined the sense in her words. No meeting of family. Next slide please.
Doris hasnt a clue whats happening. His last comment was ' there is MORE CHANCE of a family gathering next year. So next year is now in doubt is it ? So if it was 'inhuman' to cancel Christmas this year what is it to cancel Christmas for two years?
Mind you thats what Doris said today it could be a lot different tomorrow.

[minerve 2] 19/12/2020 16:34

Poikka

You asked what is imperfect with the EU.

I will give you an answer: It hasn't given Boris and his bunch of chancers the quick hard shoulder that I WOULD have given you. It is Far too understanding and respectful towards others who don't show it in return.

Now, can we move on?

[jl5006] 19/12/2020 16:21

Janet daley comments - Tele

If it were not for the presence of this very large number of old people who suffer disproportionately from Covid, would we have regarded the disease as a much more minor threat – scarcely more noteworthy than ordinary flu? Our success in prolonging life may also have produced a cultural change that is pertinent to this: we appear now to believe that death and ill-health can and should be preventable indefinitely.

The decline of religious belief which suggested that death gave significance to life seems to have combined with a sense that governments should be directly responsible for the permanent welfare of everyone, to produce a perfect climate for this super-response to a spreading disease. State health systems, and public reliance on them, has created a new moral order in which the success of medicine gives it a civil dominion which cannot be questioned: hence, the insensitivity and authoritarianism of medical and scientific experts who pay lip service to the idea that only elected political leaders can decide policy but clearly feel that they should be in charge even of moral priorities.

So unquestionable is the medical imperative to preserve every life that arguments about the damage to the quality of other lives is brushed aside. It will probably take some time before we can fully appreciate the strangeness of this conclusion, even though it is much more on the minds of ordinary people than they would ever be likely to admit to an opinion pollster. Maybe some future historian will decide that this was the inevitable triumph of secularism.

There are some rather more mundane factors that must come into the reckoning. Social isolation isn’t what it used to be. Most of the world now has access to digital communications which mean that you are not cut off from the world when you are imprisoned at home. Perhaps the answer to the question, why have we never done this before, is simply that it has never been possible before. A quite extraordinary amount of economic and social activity has been maintained throughout even the most severe lockdowns. What was deliberately, and quite carelessly, sacrificed was the dimension of human experience which gives meaning and value to private life. That was unquantifiable, and so apparently it did not count. It may never be possible to calculate the full extent of the damage. This has been a social experiment like no other. It should neer ever be repeated!

[k38] 19/12/2020 16:04

Oh dear..Level 4 pls...What a disaster.. what a heck is going on, no family together holidays this year.

[utrickytrees] 19/12/2020 15:52

Mervs a parody of the BBC.

[jl5006] 19/12/2020 15:52

K 38
Farm animals we are - as per Animal Farm - George orwell

[asa8] 19/12/2020 15:51

Another lockdown why is know one in the media questioning what is going on these lockdowns do nothing remember at the start the government said the media had its part to play

[poikka] 19/12/2020 15:29

Minnie - "Poikka

Shut up. That was a comment I copied from the BBC or FT.

I was proud to be a member of the EU.
I am not proud to be English ATM."

Whoa there, you can't dodge out of what you quoted, and therefore supported, just like that, m8.

You've been abusing posters on here for years, and now you can let us know just what is "not perfect" about the EU. Actually, it doesn't matter what the fk you think.

Merry Christmas.

[utrickytrees] 19/12/2020 15:29

Level 4 here we come!

[josh 32] 19/12/2020 15:17

Indians came to this country in the 1950s with 3 pounds in their pockets worked in foundries and other hard intensive jobs within 20 twenty years they had all become home owners their children opened corner shops and worked long hours and forced supermarkets to open 7 days and longer hours their grandchildren excelled in education and most are in highly paid professions not for us your council houses or your benefits we believe in this country and have mostly been rewarded by it

[k38] 19/12/2020 15:00

50 millions...Lol.....

[minerve 2] 19/12/2020 14:58

Lloyds Banking Group has cancelled all staff bonuses for 2020 because of a sharp fall in profits caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

[ignoble] 19/12/2020 14:40

Heaven forbid we live long enough to claim our State Pension.

Not a problem, I assume, for the Politicians who make these money saving decisions.

[gbh2] 19/12/2020 13:38

65 was the state pension rate but it's going up and up, seems we're fit enough to work longer than 65 but old enough to be buried if keeping alive gets difficult!

[asa8] 19/12/2020 13:35

Breaking news Britain agrees to take 50 million migrants as part of the brexit negotiations Boris said it was good for Britain as we need these shirkers

[investtofly] 19/12/2020 13:26

Time to repeal The Race Relations Act because it's TOTALLY one sided.... Laws should be made fair NOT for The Few

[scruff1] 19/12/2020 13:08

Looks like Doris has been telling his porkies again. They other day he was saying it would be inhuman not to let people celebrate Christmas. Looks like they have just realised letting rip rather than just turning a blind eye was another daft idea so in order not to lose face have dreamed up a good ruse to fool we idiots.' Tell em there's a more' virulent strain arrived just in time'. Similar to that other 'how to fool the idiots trick - Lockdown will end on Dec 2nd - Call it Tier 3 on Dec 3rd.
How is he gonna tell we idiots that he has struck a great deal? You can see this coming.

[bargainbob] 19/12/2020 13:06

Natwest will end up taking over Metro as a Brand

[k38] 19/12/2020 13:06

385I agree, otherwise we will become farm animals soon."The fabric of the UK will change but the frame of the UK must remain British...after it is they that have chosen to live in the UK. Dont eat all the pies"

[investtofly] 19/12/2020 12:59

That's why they Don't employ White English workers...