Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[minerve 2] 12/5/2021 10:36

Scruff

Most likely the Tory plan is to do away with primary healthcare in the form of a GP as much as they can. You'll talk to a computer who will help you decide whether you have a brain tumour or a headache.

LOL!

[minerve 2] 12/5/2021 10:33

Freddie was celebrating RR success the other day.

Oh what joy!

Sales go mainly to vain greedy Arabs, Chinese, Greeks, Russians etc and it is a subsidiary of BMW.

Is that supposed to get us excited?

[minerve 2] 12/5/2021 10:27

If you are finding someone to blame for the death of British engineering it has more to do with UK government than anything else. They have allowed engineering companies to be run by bean counters and charlatans intent on milking them to death for all their worth finally resulting in non-competitiveness and eventual failure or foreign ownership.

[utrickytrees] 12/5/2021 10:11

Good point Scruff, most of the time all people need is a bit of reassurance. On the other side of the coin I think it's about time tge NHS started charging say £35 for each initial consultation to weed out the time wasters.

[scruff1] 12/5/2021 08:22

Will have to re examine fat boys green list. Had a fortnight for the family booked to Israel as I couldnt find Tristhan da Cunha. I think I will give that to Fatty as I believe hes in the market for freebies or he can do a deal and let one of his mates have it. I will give one of the other three destinations a looks. I wonder if St Helena is nice at this at this time of year. Wait a minute - Bonaparte had to have guards to stop him escaping mmm. May be a better choice for Fatty

[scruff1] 12/5/2021 08:12

My grandad would turn in his grave. The country that gave railways to the world and with its great and proud history of engineering (until the wokes decide we should be ashamed of it) is having its rolling stock made in Japan and its falling to bits. Whoever is to blame its sad that its happened. At least the country is happy to be in thrall to the Brit Awards (whatever that is the luvvies are warding themselves this week) and some young lady announcing how proud she is they are all sticking 'togevva' for diversity - or summat

[scruff1] 12/5/2021 07:58

5x
You are suffering from long covid me thinks. It was fatty and his cabinet chums gleefully egged on by his scientific advisers - hand picked for their adherence to and for advocating the policy of doom and gloom that created Covid Paranoia. Whether the left loved it or not is debatable - they never said a word about anything - but I guess its hard to contradict their own new party

[stansmith3] 12/5/2021 07:48

trickynow you are getting itfinally

[xxxxxy] 12/5/2021 07:44

Covid 19 mutated into Covid Paranoia.And the Left loved it.Needs to be an enquiry into the usefulness or not of the NHS.

[xxxxxy] 12/5/2021 07:42

Boris a great PM.Boris made the vaccine HAPPEN.Boris. Boris. Boris. is best.

[xxxxxy] 12/5/2021 07:40

Left, right and the true divides in UK politicsMAY 12, 2021 11 COMMENTSThe left-right analysis stemmed from the division of the French National Assembly in to supporters of the King and supporters of the Revolution, with the King's people sitting to the right and the revolutionaries to the left. As some have mentioned here it  no longer represents a great way of explaining the complex positions and views of  modern political parties.Today in the UK as we can see from recent election results there is still a divide between Remain and Leave. Maybe a quarter of the country still regrets the decision to leave the EU and actively encourages the Lib Dems, SNP and Labour to adopt negative tactics against all things related to Brexit instead of accepting the democratic verdict. Labour's decision to send a Remain former MP who had done his bit to derail and delay Brexit into Hartlepool where most people want Brexit was a needless added difficulty for the  party in that important by election. All the time these Opposition parties fight the will of the people and the reality that we are now out they will find it very difficult to build more support and creep towards a majority.The SNP are trying to divide the country over whether the Union of the UK should remain or whether it is time to split up the UK. The EU from outside is also seeking to split the UK with its one sided, heavy handed and legalistic approach to Northern Ireland relations with the Republic. None of these identity issues, Brexit/Union/EU relations is a right/left matter, with people from all parts of the so called right-left spectrum holding differing views on identity. We now know people have been  willing to move their vote from Labour and Lib Dems to Brexit parties and then to Conservatives owing to the refusal of Labour and the Lib Dems to back and help Brexit. In Scotland Some Conservative and Labour voters were voting tactically for each other  to support the Union.A third important division in  our country is between lovers of liberty and supporters of more government control. There are some lovers of liberty on the left, as well as many on the right. There is an authoritarian left and a civil libertarian left, just as there is a law and order right and a freedom loving right. CV 19 has brought this out , with some supporting prolonged lockdown and precise instructions over how we should lead our lives whilst others support people making more of  their own judgements. Again traditional party lines do not reflect this division. Meanwhile the main parties agree on a lot. They agree about climate change and the need to pursue net zero. They agree about membership of NATO, the desirability of the so called international rules based order, and the need to encourage tolerance and understanding for all people whatever their background. They agree about the importance of the NHS and free schooling.  Challenger parties to these views have attracted very little support.There needs to be a clear division on economic policy, with Conservatives backing growth through setting competitive  tax rates, encouraging free enterprise, backing self employment and going for growth.The next few months are best spent securing a strong recovery, helping create many  more well paid jobs and bringing home Brexit wins. ... John Redwood

[scruff1] 12/5/2021 06:59

Pierre
Brilliant - very funny
Tricky
Absolutely - but its also corrupt. A practice that seems to de rigueur with this bunch. Taking their lead perhaps from the examples set by Dodgy. Id say the whole country has gone to the dogs but that would upset my Scruff

[utrickytrees] 12/5/2021 06:24

Its not a government its a popularity contest.

[pierre oreilly] 11/5/2021 22:49

I've got a bjork album i've never used.

Not sure of the relevance really.

If i had 9000 bjork albums which i'd never played, i'd be asking myself why the hell i bought 9000 of them.

[cocopah] 11/5/2021 22:40

Nothing wrong with LBG, good cost control, capital levels good, NIM decent, think divis will be 4% plus (as and when allowed). Yes no investment banking arm and heavily exposed to the U.K. economy (which is all set to have a consumer led mini-boom. Only one problem ... too many shares ... so they trade as a penny stock.

[pierre oreilly] 11/5/2021 21:46

12000 covid beds with all associated equipment made available to 'save the nhs'.None used for covid, most not used at all.Wouldn't surprise me if Boris's gristly woman has some mates who own a mattress making company.