Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[cfc1] 21/3/2017 11:54

guys lets not get back on the EU emotional stuff....just lost a special friend in the Army and had enough of fighting!
I don't believe in the EU but I do believe in nation states working with whomever they want with their own national security, laws, sovereign state.

More interested in how we get RBS to 'up their game' and return value to us poor share holders!!!

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 11:52

Chelsea Football Club, much loved by cfc1, has a Russian owner, an Italian coach, and of those currently regularly playing, only one -- Cahill -- is English. Most are European.

There is nothing unique about Chelsea. It is the same for the majority of Premier League Clubs. Three exceptions being Leicester, ManUnited and Spurs which have three of four English players each.

No-one suggests that these clubs should revert to being 'English'.

Why should different rules apply to those engaged in sport to those engaged in the building industry?

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 11:29

maxk, you well know that EU migrants do not claim benefits.

[maxk] 21/3/2017 11:26

4) The benefits road show will be cancelled.

[maxk] 21/3/2017 10:30

It still comes back to builders not training people.

Cheaper to import lower paid workers: Well, cheaper in the short term.


As you say, Blair and co's ambition for higher educated workers all selling bits of paper to each other was flawed.

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 09:53

I do not think it is a matter of training. I think it reflects the Blair dream that every college of higher education should be rebranded as a university and that all these 'graduates' would be able to secure careers in highly paid sectors which do not require hobnail boots and dirty hands. Meanwhile, the belief was that the hands on jobs could be easily filled by Eastern Europeans.

[maxk] 21/3/2017 09:49

The housebuilders might like to start thinking about training some workers for a change.

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 09:43

Now a UK housebuilder has joined the queue of those 'worrying' that without overseas workers it will take a hit.

Back in the day British builders used to work in Germany. There was a TV series called 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'.



In 2015, the 80's series was voted ITV's Favourite TV Programme of all Time in a Radio Times readers poll in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the station.

[avatar333] 21/3/2017 09:37

Morning.

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[leedskier] 21/3/2017 09:35

UK inflation jumps to 2.3%

Breaking: UK inflation rose to 2.3% in February from 1.8% in January. Food and fuel prices were the main drivers.

It’s a bigger-than-expected rise after economists forecast 2.1%, and the highest level since September 2013.

Also a return to the Bank of England’s 2% target.

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 09:33

The £ flies on the 9.30am data print, but the FTSE100 falls. The two moves may be interconnected.

[cfc1] 21/3/2017 08:45

Leeds....yes, we need some news.....we need the DoJ fine announced.
Its amazing how long the RBS CEO gets to turn this ship around but would never happen in any other business...but then I don't know how much he had to untangle but isn't 8 years enough time to sort it?!?!?

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 08:16

FTSE100 above 7400 and RBS below 25p (in old money).

[leedskier] 21/3/2017 07:22

Documents seen by the Guardian show that at least $20bn appears to have been moved out of Russia during a four-year period between 2010 and 2014. The true figure could be $80bn, detectives believe.

One senior figure involved in the inquiry said the money from Russia was “obviously either stolen or with criminal origin”.

[polar fox] 20/3/2017 20:55

Ch.4 News really went to town on RBS this evening, claiming Treasury involvement with GRG and other aspects and claiming that Ross McEwan has continued down the same road. Not a pretty picture at all. The segment began just before 7.30 and lasted a good ten minutes or so, in case anyone wants to watch a rerun at some point. A lot of related litigation coming down the track. Another hit to the bank's public image.

[maxk] 20/3/2017 18:12

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[maxk] 20/3/2017 18:01

"On the contrary, the remaining member states will fall in love with each other again and renew their vows with the European Union."

[leedskier] 20/3/2017 16:48

Tusk's Poland has minimum pay of just €475 a month.

Is it any surprise that the Poles in the UK want stay in the UK?

[leedskier] 20/3/2017 16:45

We will soon discover which countries are built from straw and which are built from bricks.

[polar fox] 20/3/2017 15:45

I've cut this from CNN. It's going to be fun.

In response, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, tweeted that he would present draft Brexit guidelines to the remaining 27 EU member states withing 48 hours.
Tusk's spokesman, Preben Aamann, told CNN that the EU will require between four to six weeks to consult with the other 27 member states and hammer out an initial negotiating position.
Warning
The announcement comes a day after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned that other member states will "realize it's not worth leaving" the EU after they see the deal the UK gets.
The trigger day, which is next Wednesday, will come as the EU celebrates its 60th anniversary next week.
The loss of Britain to the bloc has created speculation that other states might decide to follow suit, something Juncker strongly disagreed with in an interview published on Sunday.
"They will all see from the UK's example that leaving the EU is a bad idea," Juncker told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
"On the contrary, the remaining member states will fall in love with each other again and renew their vows with the European Union."
'Intimidated'
European leaders have stepped up their rhetoric over the past week as the start of negotiations draws nearer.
Last week, Tusk said the EU would not be "intimidated" by threats from Britain that it would prefer to walk away from Brexit talks if it did not get its way.
And Juncker reiterated that view, insisting Britain would have to get used to be on the outside, looking in.
"Half memberships and cherry-picking aren't possible," Juncker told the German newspaper.
"In Europe you eat what's on the table or you don't sit at the table."
Jean-Claude Juncker made his comments to a German newspaper.

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[avatar333] 20/3/2017 11:56

Only 9 bloody months late!

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