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Jatw, yes thanks for insight. Over last few years a pattern ahs developed with Lgen, After divi day price falls, ok I get that but fall always seems to more than divi in lgen,s case. Now is there going to be a year when SP does not follow this pattern? I like others feel in maybe right to sell now and get back in with a lower than divi price. I just feel one year it will trip people up and not fall. Large investors mopping up. Any thoughts? cheers in advance.

BTB, Worded my post wrong maybe, try again, I would appreciate reading about BT this week. Not Brexit sour grapes. OK?

News about BT would be good this week.

Weak argument or not we still left pokerchips. So please give it a rest. White flag my ar5e.

Aus You are sounding more and more like a dictator. I don`t wish to filter you but you are ruining the BB. There is no chance of changing a thing posting here like you are so please give it a rest.

Aus, last post from me to you about BREXIT.

The whole establishment Said "STAY", industry, the BBC, MSM, most politicians, Bercow, they even enlisted the help of the president of the USA Obama. ( Back of list )And still the British people said LEAVE. LEAVE Aus. So please don`t mention decency & honesty.

Decency would have been to accept the democratic will of the British people but no. The establishment then undermined the negotiations by constantly undermining our negotiators. What country in the world has to give up fishing grounds so it can have a deal with rotten EU? You also blame the UK`s problems on Brexit, nothing to do with a world wide pandemic -covid. Or a bad war in Ukraine? Like other remainers you cherry pick your facts just like the 2016 MSM and government did. It took an election to finally get rid of remaining undemocratic MP`s and get Brexit DONE.

So accept it Aus, stop the bitterness of last eight years and move on, I am and will not post to you again about Brexit. This is the BT board and not a place to vent Brexit bitterness.

Gentlemen, please look up DEMOCRACY and MAJORITY in a dictionary. Then please STFU about Brexit. Its done.

Expatwelsh, good post. If you saw PMQ`s yesterday one MP also stated that "The UK has overtaken France and the Netherlands in exports" isn't that strange? 8-))

DAVB, thanks for reply. In my case it has been a nightmare. The bonds were bought for me as a child 50 years ago in my mums name. She had lost the holders and NS&I number in this time. After NS&I talking to my mum twice, various documents, witness statements signed by a PC, eventually after 8 weeks received numbers. They refused to send payment as "wrong acc number and name was placed". Although the bonds were mine I have now asked for warrants payable to my mum. We are now at 12 weeks and will now place it in the hands of the ombudsman. All for £18, cost me more in stamps. I have over 40K in premium bonds which I will sell as I don`t trust them to pay my children on my demise.

Sorry to hear about your late wife DAVB. GL Sir.

DavidBrent, you are right on one part GB being unattractive to invest in hence stagnated FTSE for last decade+. Investors take the risk then HM government plunder most of the profits. Bodes the question why invest? Not to bad for us small investors using ISA`s but not attractive for the institutions. Even small investors are fed up with Gov greed.

Does anyone have old premium bonds bought for them as a child? I have been trying to sell £17 of them using NS&I. 12 weeks and still not resolved. Another Government dept not to be trusted.

You are bang right there Nick, Dividend vs SP has not added up for a while, years in fact imho. falling interest rates should help but still just seems out of favour. Where can I get near 10% in a bank? The company looks very healthy and I will continue to add to share ISA keeping the Gov,s sneaky fingers away from any gains. GL.

"tax on divis isn't very high" The trouble there is Gov already tax profits with corp tax. Now having a second bit of cherry with divi tax which will become high. Just like VAT. council tax, alcohol tax, car tax they will soon ramp it up then killing another successful industry- share ownership. The French would not put up with it. Why us Brits just roll over and take it beats me. Your earnings, savings, property, plundered at will by a voracious Gov tax machine.

Fatherjack that is my strategy also. If SP follows last year I will reinvest divi at sub 220p, easy money. There is also a faint possibility there could be a take over of Lgen at them low prices which will be missed if not owning shares. just a thought and not advice.

Can someone explain to me why a stock that has paid a divi through covid, has lifted divi by 5% for last few years and pays a near 10% divi yield is considered a "Basket case"? If this is a basket case there must be some real bad ones out there.

Sold last holding in dealing acc this morning '256p Then just added them back to share ISA at 248.5p Reasonably happy. Sit back and enjoy divi now in this steady share.

Eccles, I did just that last year. Sold some BT at a loss but sold RR at the similar gain cancelling each other out. Then placed them in ISA. Bit different this time as I want the rest of my Lgen holding it the ISA to avoid tax on divi. The Gov just wants it all. Will transfer before ex-divi date but timing needs to be right. Thanks for answer though, GL.

Trouble there eccles I wish to add more to my share ISA and sell from normal share dealing. Without further funding the bankrupt Government. What is the most efficient way to transfer shares into an ISA?

Well it looks like the MM,s failed again to get BT under £1. I do hope their shorts are smoldering. No doubt they will try again.

Hardup, yeah you are right and is reason I am using ISA allowance. Its just the general way Gov keeps at us for more that gets my goat. Work hard over pay to much tax = why work hard. Is this not why Britains productivity has fallen? Council taxes up, car tax up etc. Could it also be why our birth rates are falling? People chocked with tax that both parents have to work?

Anyhow sorry for the negative posts. After 40 years of hard work still see Gov trying to get more get my back up. GL all.

Over last years Gov is taking a greedy tax amount from dividends. Now anything over £500 in divi is taxable. Over £4k a few years ago. Moving my holdings into a share ISA but again the Gov collect duty on purchase. Come to conclusion why the UK stock market has stagnated over last decade is due to Governmental stealth taxes on stocks. In fact bodes the question, Why invest? why risk capital to have any reward pilfered? In fact why work hard only to see your efforts stolen by a greedy tax system? I think this is now why the UK is lagging behind other nations in productivity. The country atm is going backwards. Government doing everything the people do not want and doing nothing the people want. If the present lot of politicians are the best we can do then we are in the ...., sorry trouble. Rant over.