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Rhinocol, I'm guessing it's a generational thing. Young people like watching their own rubbish....I was the same with 'the young ones' (which in hindsight was rubbish!).

However initial viewing figures from 'Love Island' suggested it isn't hitting the mark with viewers...hopefully things will improve. But goes back to the old adage: "Too many eggs in one basket", especially when the eggs are stinkers!

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller."

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Sounds like motivational claptrap to me. Optimism on its own isn't going to achieve very much, you also have to be pragmatic.

Almost sounds religious, pray to god & it will be delivered unto thee....or blaming the people who pointed out the problems, "It only failed because some people didn't believe hard enough." Or perhaps it failed because it wasn't a very good idea....no amount of Optimism or hope or confidence can fix a daft idea. I've got a brilliant idea of a bridge and/or tunnel from Scotland to Northern Ireland....I'm really optimistic about this one! It might even be a bridge with a tunnel on top!

"We need someone who realises that you cannot just keep doing the same old programmes over and over again."

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GL, I 100% agree. ITV need more interesting & new programmes to attract audiences. However it must be very difficult to change a winning TV show & most people just want an easy life. I'm not sure the CEO is all to blame for the content, she will have managers who commission shows.

Relying on shows like 'Love Island' is a huge mistake imo.....apart from it being total garbage, it is also prone to changing fashions. They need to be more dynamic & sometimes take risks....perhaps having ITVX it will allow them to be so.

"I have a number of flats and a management company that looks after them. If I don't like the management company I get rid of it with the agreement of other owners."

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Contrarian, I see you added one little extra to your example, "with the agreement of other owners". That's the problem isn't it, the 'other owners' (some of whom may own more of a share of the flats) may be happy to let the management company remain in place. So what can you do?.... come onto forums and 'howl at the moon' I suppose!

Bill Clinton lived in Hope....Arkansas!

I don't live in Hope.

"....I think you might have pulled off an extremely good buying opportunity at these prices."

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I thing he must be related to Harry Houdini. On the day of the results the intial reaction was a 20p drop & I thought it wasn't looking good. But 'somehow' the SP reversed and the SP is showing strength.

I wont start counting my chickens....this is TRMR after all.

"So, in principle, all the broker needs do is add them to your existing nominee account record. It's not a corporate action."

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TheTrostky, so how does the broker inform the nominee account holders that a scrip dividend is an option for company they hold?

From my experience brokers offer DRIP (this is an acronym) but apparently don't process scrip dividends....or perhaps they just don't tell nominee account holders that scrip dividends are available even if the underlying company offers it.

Basically, what secret code word do I have to give to my broker to get them to do scrip dividends, assuming they are an option for a particular stock.

Pokerchips, so you're saying that if a company has a SCRIP option for dividend payment the broker should offer this to nominee accounts. How would they so this, through a corporate action?

DRIP and SCRIP are different....quite a bit different IMO (although a lot of the broker firms pretend that it's 'effectively' the same).

When I owned share vertificates I could arrange a SCRIP and I would get additional shares added at no extra cost to myself. Now I have a nominee account they require a DRIP (dividend reinvestment) that costs me money in dealing charges.

I was reading an article in AJ Bell sharemagazine the other day and they said that SCRIP dividends should be available in a nominee account.....unfortunately AJB don't practice what they preach because the AJB SIPP I have only offers DRIP. Halifax also only offer DRIP

The DRIP versus SCRIP scam!

PS I can see why they do it, more profit for them. But it is still a scam.

A huge mistake by the BBC to interview this person. His target demographic will see it as a vindication of his liefstyle. Best to ignore him. The BBC is just feeding the beast to get cheap TV.

".....but can I have a cash isa upto £20k and a share account isa ?"

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Jed, I think Greenwolf was saying IF you had saved money in a Cash ISA in PREVIOUS tax years, you could transfer all or some of that money into a Share ISA without impacting your ISA allowance for THIS year.

Obviously, you & your wife each have £20K allowance for this year (separate accounts).....you have the option to invest in a Cash ISA or a Share ISA.....in your case I presume the share ISA.

Seems odd you're au fait with 'day trading' but not ISA's.....people have built up a very sizeable tax free amount by investing £20K each year for many years.

".....but can you have an isa share coount with day trading shares"

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Jed, I'm not sure what is meant by a 'day trading share'.....are you talking CFD's (whatever they are) or some other obscure trading instrument day traders may or may not use to maximise their profits & minimise losses.

In an ISA share account I think you can trade most shares, IT's (etc) on a daily, hourly or on a minute by minute basis....may be costly though with platform fees.

Why don't you start one of those government petitions to have a debate in parliament calling for her to resign?

"....well told the truth so she had to go"

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CooKoo, I seem to remember things a bit differently. She didn't knowingly 'expose' weaknesses in the bond market....she inadvertently stumbled across them as she attempted to employ Trussonomics on an unsuspecting market and seriously damaged market confidence & made the UK a bit of an economic laughing stock.

A bull in a china shop.

What a deviously sneaky way to divert attention until the media scrutiny moves onto the next story....I wonder where they got the idea from?

They must have some Tory ex-ministers on the payroll as advisors....probably couldn't afford Boris though.

Caipi65, just for you. In the morning the SP was up.....now the SP down.

That's about as exciting as LGEN gets (post Truss).

"The Mail, The Sun, The Star all carry details of a payment...."

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Tom, all good sources of reputable well-researched facts no doubt. According to the Telegraph sources at ITV said it was a redundancy payment.

How much? Was an NDA signed?....presumably questions MP's will ask ITV soon enough.

PS You want to be careful you don't slander Dame Carolyn as well. Two lawsuits wouldn't be fun!

"Redundancy and yet we are told he was moved to Loose women???? How did HR square that with HMRC?"

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Tom, I have no idea on whether this guy was made redundant or not. But:

"There is no restriction on companies with regards to re-employing someone they have made redundant....."

[https://businessadvice.co.uk/hr-employment/can-you-work-for-the-same-company-after-a-redundancy-payout/]

Telegraph: "....but sources insisted it was a redundancy payment and not related to the relationship"

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But they would say that wouldn't they....but if they found that an NDA was also signed then it would look a little different. Was there an NDA?

But I expect the conspiracy theorists & anti-woke coalition will make up their own minds...and come up with a conclusion that fits their agenda.

".....is found accoutable for the hush payments"

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Atrm2, do you have any verifiable information on 'hush payments'?.....was an NDA signed (which would mean lawyers were involved)?

How much was paid....are we talking £100,000's?

The devil is in the detail. I was expecting it to be mentioned in the BBC this morning but nothing I can find. Tried the Metro last night but got Adblocked.