Member Info for 67Sam

"Most people would be better off spending a few months learning about electricity"
Not something you read often.
"going back to coal-fired mini power stations producing say 10MW"
Have fun with this website Plato.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants/
And dream on. Or move to China.

"The point is in a civil society we don't have the right to go into other people's homes and demand to inspect their wiring."
Fortunately tenants are offered some protection through yearly safety tests.

Clean water supply and vaccinations come a long long way before hot tubs in 4th world countries; Ill see your arrogant and raise you ludicrous.

plato
"You do realise it's an easy job to put a bypass around the electricity meter to get free electricity"
Ive seen it done in squats and cannabis farms. Never seen it done in a three bed terrace for a hot tub, so I think we're talking about a different demographic.

"You are so arrogant Sam, sometimes it seems to me"
Hows it going with looking for the positives in life then Plato?

Plato
Im not a fan of listening to other people in hot tubs.
Maybe you measure progress differently to me.

"Okay, so I am quite an optimistic person"
Mostly I think of you complaining.

And all the people who thought a hot tubs with coloured lights was a cool thing to install in their terraced house back garden. Hahaha, sod the neighbours.
Theres always a silver lining.

T
Not that I have much confidence or trust in HL, but their website shows 68.44 billion shares in circulation.

hardup
"44.53p, is exactly the same as yesterdays volume weighted average price paid"
Have to admit I was unnerved by the two week (or so) small volume buying, but with the luxury of hindsight it looks like a very shrewd move by Morgan Stanleys buyback algorithm.

Another 41,166,719 purchased today at 44.53, below the current average cost to date.

loving your optimism hollybean

suf
"buying under the 120 day average since we started"
looks like we wont have a problem with that today. have to admire the pause in buying recently, there is still a good chance of reaching 4.5B total buyback

mmm Num Yum indeed

Brixton
Saw this last night and thought you might enjoy it too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PQ0i-72pZw

Gaz
"Others on this board would think it a patriotic and sensible suggestion"
Just to be clear to everyone my comment was motivated by something called sarcasm.

Gaz
"Remember BloJo, Sunanak and Truss are devoid of ideas"
Trouble is that doesn't matter to the Tories! The first two do have some ideas, but they are irrelevant to the real issues because of skewed values, and perception that is warped by lifelong privilege. Truss on the other hand appears to be missing a brain entirely. But even that deficit will not impede her progress, or matter in the slightest because she can invoke the spirit of Thatcher and they will all drool around her with nostalgia, telling her she's wonderful and just right for the job.
They will give the keys to Starmer in the next year or two, unless Labour choose to self destruct again.

FarEnd
"Is this the highest guesstimate to-date, £6k next April"
Lol, it will be £10k by Christmas. It's the national equivalent of "50p by Friday".
Government don't appear to have at all grasped the fact this will bankrupt Local Authorities, Hospitals and the Care Sector. And hopeless for people on benefits or very low incomes, but never mind they are well practiced at ignoring these things.
Too busy infighting and reminiscing over Thatcher. They are gifting the next election to Labour.

Gaz
"or we can deal with this now as a Nation together."
Can you not see the irony in my comment? Tongue firmly in cheek?
Given that I went on to comment it would not be an evenly distributed tax, Im surprised at your reply.
Im pretty sure there will be some kind of wealth tax and that it will impact heavily on those with less instead of those who have more.
Yes I agree with your definition of how politicians regard "together".
Its how poorer people get screwed by richer ones.

"reinvestment shared"
not aware of anything we are getting other than 0.8p dividend, due to be paid 12th September

LPOA

They must be supremely bad for Lloyds telephone banking not to have come nearer the top.
"We are particularly busy at the moment", every time you call them, any time of day.
Yes, there is a website but that doesn't always help for non standard requests eg. my recent experience of registering LPAO for my fathers account has taken three months to resolve.