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"....can we now forget it and concentrate on Itv ."

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When is ITV's internal barrister review into the handling of the Philip Schofield 'affair' due to report?

"ITV is worth what £1.20-£1.60 at least and maybe when we get the results in a few weeks things will change.

Always look on the bright side of life. !!!!!!!!"

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Would be nice to see £1.20 per share. Hopefully the news from ITVX will be a driver to £1....and beyond!

Is that a case of Indian whispers?!

rob, people are entitled to a personal life. being ****sexual is not a crime i this country....yet....ahhhh, halcyon days!

i think you are confusing mr schofields sexuality with his relationship with a junior member of staff....which in certain circumstances could seen as coercive and an abuse of power. it might not even be illegal but it would probably have breached the itv code of conduct....assuming senior management knew about the clandestine relationship which they say they did not.

if dame mccall knew or suspected philip was *** back in 2021 then that is irrelevant, people are entitled to a private life.

"I agree with you that Schofield should have been fired as soon as McCall knew 2 years ago he was in a relationship with a lad."

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I thought Carolyn McCall did NOT know there was a relationship 2 years ago. There was an investigation at the time into allegations but both Schofield and the other person denied they were having a relationship....so the Dame would NOT have known. An unproven allegation cannot be acted upon.....because ITV could be sued for millions.

"Seven esteemed brokerages have undertaken a meticulous evaluation of Legal & General Group Plc’s performance....."

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This is almost too good to be true...esteemed....meticulous.....

I have never heard 'pin the tail on the donkey' described in such glowing terms....whoever wrote this 'article' must have been high on positivity. I wonder if it was written by ChatGPT (or other AI programme).

"Another scandal should help ITV sp because it proves TV presenters are overpaid ...."

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Firstly I don't think the level of pay was the driver for this persons actions.....secondly he doesn't even work for ITV.

The level of pay for someone has no relationship with what they do with that money.....it would be a bit odd if an employer refused to give a pay rise because the workers 'might' spend it on something illegal.

The problem for the BBC is that they seem to have been very slow in dealing with the complaint and they haven't been as open as they could be, even if they do have a duty of care to their employee (innocent until proven guilty). It almost makes ITV look good in comparison.

BBC's woes takes the heat off the ITV CEO a little bit imo....which obviously won't suit some people.

The trouble at the BBC has taken the news agenda away from Phil & ITV. Everyone is busy trying to work out who the man is....people like a whodunnit!

Rob, I was joking about being in Weatherpoons btw. Although I can see the attraction. The bloke who runs it - Tim Martin - is a Brexit fan...he runs a decent business despite that. I think you get half price beer in Spoons if you repeat five times "I do believe in Brexit, I do, I do"....although don't quote me on that!

I do believe in Brexit, I do, I do....I do believe in Brexit, I do, I do... I do believe in Brexit, I do, I do!

That was easy. Brexit will be a success from now on.....all it needed was a bit of faith.

The EU need us more than we need them, after all!

(Blimey, Weatherspoons is busy today....perhaps I should buy some shares!)

"the dividend is clearly sustainable"

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Zac, don't panic, I'm not saying personally that I think the divi is unsustainable. Just based on the SP - which is what the market thinks of the company - I can only assume that 'the market' thinks the divi is unsustainable....if people believed that >8% was solid then why ain't they buying?

It looks like LGEN is something of a 'value trap' (whatever that is). Personally I reckon the BOD need to concentrate more on driving the SP higher - presumably by increased profits and/or EPS - that just ramping up the dividend....although I'm not complaining. They don't seem to have got the balance right that's all.

People who like dividend growth but tolerate capital erosion then please explain your theory on why that is good?

"..... fact is brexit has happened and it ain't being reversed in your lifetime, so use that vacant space between your ears and learn how to accept it"

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Rob, probably true that Brexit cannot be 'reversed' in our lifetime. So why are you so defensive about it?....what are you worried about? You've got Brexit done, enjoy life.

But also please don't lie to us on here. We aren't the people down the Weatherspoons, we know a barrel of horse manure when we see it and smell it. Trying to pretend that Brexit is anything but a disaster (so far) just makes you look foolish. Instead you should be concentrating on the long term and convince us that Brexit can be implemented in a manner that will work....instead of talking garbage. A little honesty goes a long way, it is how we grow & makes things better....by learning from mistakes. Enjoy.

Based on the SP alone it would appear to me the market doesn't believe the dividend is sustainable.

Perhaps more money put into share buybacks is part of the solution in order to boost SP.

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time" [Lincoln...apparently!]

"We have get our sovereignty back and that is a huge Brexit achievement....."

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Rob, but you just said that we hva regained out sovrinty and handed it to a bunch of buffoons. And the trade deals we have so far made have been terrible deals, the Australia deal was borne out of panic & desperation. Even the bloke who was in government at the time, Eustice, said as much.

If Brexit was so that buffoons could get us terrible trade deals then sovrinty isn't working.

Did someone also say that we have millions/billions of £ to spend in UK that we don't have to pay the EU, that is just laughably scary for someone on a financial forum to be so economically illiterate.....industry is spending vastly more on paperwork, relocating infrastructure and staff hours spent dealing with the repercussions of Brexit. I suppose some people still believe that £350m a week is coming to the NHS, but I didn't think it would be someone on this forum. Scary!

".... and self inflicted wounds created by a Tory Party led by buffoons. "

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Errr, isn't that part of the Brexit legacy?!

To get back Sovrinty, init!

But I suppose they are our buffons....100% British bolly beef buffoons.

Not heard anyone come up with a Brexit benefit....apart from 'We got back our Sovrinty, init!'....but now you say we have handed the decisions over to a load of buffoons. I'm shattered!

"....and then the feminist movement reared its ugly head."

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I remember those days too. When men were men....and Rock Hudson was straight!

I suppose MediaMath is a warning that you have to stay relevant in AdTech industry in particular. A few bad decisions can have a bad outcome.

Anon, I think yo're right. They aren't going to moderate their pointless attacks on the CEO....which I believe is partly based on misogyny in some cases. So I'll be ignoring them too. Life is too short to be drawn into arguing with these idiots.

Tom, you seem a bit hysterical m8. For sure Schofield has turned out to be a wrong un, but I'm not sure if anything he did was even illegal and ITV management say they didn't know about his behaviour anyway.

You seem to have a vendetta against the CEO and you are using the Schofield saga to back up your agenda.

The CEO will be gone when/if ITVX fails. All the data about ITVX so far looks encouraging IMO.

Tom, you're not related to Jeremy Clarkson are you?