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Haha that should have read Skier1 not Tfe

Tfe

"The decision is beyond staggering"

It is odd and I dont fully understand it. However, in 1967 we expelled all inhabitants and renamed the largest island Diego Garcia. Then we gave it to the Americans to build an air base and told the natives they could never return. In 2019 our administration was found to be illegal by the UN and International Court of Justice. So its not surprising they want it back along with a few quid compensation. It has a very strategic position in the Indian Ocean, so we want / need to keep the air base. More hundreds of millions of quids for the next 99 years. But one thing, the area of Belgium is 30,000 km squared. Chagos Archipelago is listed as total area of 15, 427 km squared, but apparently most of that is under water and it only has 56 km squared of actual land.

Still seems like stupid money to spend and I dont know why we cant just say sorry and let the yanks fight it out.

If anyone knows better than wikipedia please feel free to correct me.

Pleased to see this head back up to 78.5p

Asp

"Re Lloyds snubs Rachel Reeves's £50bn bid to boost British companies - what's your opinion?"

Scottish Widows signed the original deal, but didn't want the private equity commitment. Given that Lloyds core strategy is "helping Britain prosper", plus they have also put hundreds of millions into accelerating new housing starts and developing the rental market, you could easily imagine they scratched their heads and thought "this woman is bonkers". Pension funds have a fiduciary duty (remember that?) to get the best return on investments, not to increase Reeves popularity in the press. I think she is one of the worst chancellors of all time and this PM is a two faced liar. The sooner we go to the polls again the better.

"to be replaced by young Somalis etc."

The Somali born population in the UK is very small, about 100k. India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, and Ireland are the most common origins of UK immigrants.

88

"away in the canaries"

That sounds much better than being away with the fairies. There's been a lot of that about lately.

No car finance rumour that I have heard. LTI mentioned "The sensible decision would be for ZERO compensation to anyone purchasing a car within the set out guidelines at the time". Im seriously hoping that idea gains traction :)

Close bros target was cut slightly by Deutsche bank but is still tipped for a buy with price target to 550 (600) pence. There are also still six shorters who have 4.43% of shares between them. Theres no way of guessing the SC outcome, we will just have to wait until July. But there is some legal opinion suggesting theres a chance of coming down in favour of the lenders

https://www.freeths.co.uk/insights-events/legal-articles/2025/motor-finance-supreme-court-hearing-the-latest-viewpoint/#:~:text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20has%20announced,be%20given%20in%20July%202025.

Enjoy your holidays.

Https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1071317/nextenergy-solar-fund-names-new-interim-chair-1071317.html

MD

"Can’t believe it, the sp is still sub 220p"

Yes, it is. And Lloyds are now a whisker away from 75p. Who knew, eh?

£2.30 would be welcome but I'm happy with £2.20. My average is £1.85.

Good one hardup, that is very helpful. Quite small volumes being purchased recently. Lots of gas left in the tank if the price dips a bit after the SC ruling is handed down in July. Only 60.06B shares in issue.

Aldebaran

"for those of you into that sort of thing"

Yes, I love the sort of thing that suggests Lloyds are doing well with signs that it will continue. Has been quite rare in the past, so thanks for your positive and thoughtful post.

MD

It makes a good headline for Reeves, but it's a voluntary pledge that does not override a funds primary duty to act solely in its members best interests.

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1071096/aviva-l-g-and-other-pension-funds-commit-to-invest-10-into-private-markets-1071096.html

Gate

"Well worth it in my opinion"

Yes, to be fair the same freebies are included with FD as well, it isn't jut a charge.

My dad has club lloyds. He always loved the fact he had his three quid refunded each month :)

Dor

"What they may make will be lost by customers going elsewhere"

Compared to the £15 monthly charge I pay to First Direct, its still cheap.

Most people using it as a primary account will get their fees refunded.

And if the rest dont like it, they can switch to a Lloyds classic account with no fees at all.

Stp

"Anyone worth their salt would use the correct format"

We're a bunch of Lloyds shareholders, not geeks working on the grid. There was more than enough context to make it clear he was referring to gigawatts.

You are a buffoon with nothing constructive to say. You spend your time trolling other peoples posts like a nit picking pedant.

You get excited because you think you are scoring points by highlighting insignificant errors.

Stp

"i hope you have as serious answer and you aren't just being a smart ****, objecting to it being written in lower case?"

You are such a tool.

stp

i read "gw" as gigawatt - whats wrong with that? do you want gw(h)?

you say its wrong - but you dont say what you think is right. i dont understand what you're talking about. i think gw is a unit of electrical energy and gw(h) is a unit of power consumption.

but hey, what do i know. i hope you have as serious answer and you aren't just being a smart ****, objecting to it being written in lower case?

I'd be more worried about the signals if she had gone to head up one of the claims companies

Just about all of todays posts deleted by Lokiloo. I wish he would leave.

Hu

"busy this morning with the mods getting all posts between 01:08 and 10:03 this morning deleted"

It's inevitable he will call the moderator in, as he cant tolerate peoples reaction to the stupidity of his posts. He has to remain in control of the conversation and whitewash over anything that doesn't comply to his self image.

I gave him a chance but he just consistently behaves like a weirdo.

There was a block listing on 26 November 2024 for 185,000,000. I cant remember if there is more than one a year.