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Sorry Aus but I think its you that needs help. Remainers lost, LOST. If it won`t sink in then you must seek help for it is making you bitter and twisted. The whole establishment went against the British people including Obama, and recommended stay. Still the people said leave, Leave Aus Leave. Not to follow it through would be the destruction of democracy as we know it. Very dangerous and not funny.

Ow gowd, rattles out of pram time again from the remoaners. If the EU is so good they could always go live there. Or Russia and China as they are not keen on DEMOCRACY either.
Now there will be more old tosh from the MINORITY remaniacs but take this to the bank, I don`t care ,we are leaving, get used to it, move on, and concentrate on BT`s woes. Much better reading.

Pacemaker, I could agree with you but then we would both be wrong.
If its not Gavin its ofcom, if its not ofcom its Brexit. Oh please.
Second hand cars have been hit due to the onslaught against diesel and again now petrol. More people are going electric due to tax relief whilst fossil fueled power cars are banned from some areas or taxed to death. Hence a glut of piston powered cars. As for sane well if democracy is to be denied thats sane in your view? I think not.

Strange, a few months ago I thought BT`s problems were all of Gavin,s making. So now its Ofcom,s. Well I never.
Truth being its probably a bit of both but also there is a leach on BT`s back - HMG.
The only way that bt`s fortunes will improve is if it reduces its tax burden by hundreds of millions. This will make the treasury sit up and finally make HMG call off the attack dogs. If the divi is to be reduced then the tax burden must also reduce for the same reason. Don`t hold your breath though, BT`s management don`t have the plumbs.

Small point, is it not chemistry lessons rather than "physics lessons"

MAJORITY, DEMOCRACY, two mighty words neither of which are being honored. Millions have lost their lives to protect it.
The lies told by leavers???
Well lets look at remain-

Nearly all the establishment said remain. The British people were bombarded by constant doom from various places. The governor of the B of E "it will be a disaster, the pound will collapse companies falter, investment leave, inflation will rise along with unemployment". A lie? none of which has happened.
The CBI said basically the same, singing from Cameron`s hymn sheet. Who are the CBI? a group of companies nearly all foreign owned. And then the President of the good old USA saying " Britain will be at the back of the Que if we leave the EU. Favors being called in by Cameron no doubt. ( would America put up with being governed from Mexico or Brazil?Not a chance)
So please don`t go on about the lies told by Boris. The whole British establishment went against the the electorate and still the people said LEAVE. It is dangerous not to.

I like to imagine that this share is being manipulated by the big boys. Selling off at a long and steady pace trying to drive share down. In my imagination the small, private investors in their thousands are mopping up these shares thwarting the efforts of the manipulators. If this is so then GL to all you people out there, lets burn the big boys fingers for a change.

Let the big boys ,mm`s and institutions squeeze you out of this share. Pressure to sell is being applied to this share IMHO with us private investors the target. Sod em, they ain`t having mine. In fact I will keep mopping up if the squeeze continues.
Debt may be part reason BT is suffering but the cash generation is enormous and covers this. I feel they will get it right.

Vod have not got 3 and 4g right yet. Still poor at home and work and is why I left them for BT which was a vast improvement. Not only do I receive all messages now when sent but I can now get video, Happy days.

Avrohom, I do not know why the market is giving a thumbs down, something I am missing. However the fundamentals don`t lie, nor the steady and good profits being made. The pension issue looks to be being addressed and by nature will resolve itself. I am just in the red with BT but past divi covers this. The share price looks to be mirroring what it did last year so with a bit of patience it may well visit 240 or higher again in a few months.
Good luck with your en-devours and have a good week end. GL all.

Avrohom, I will respectfully disagree with your earlier post. The analogies you make are a bit misleading to say the least.
British gas, well, sells gas and not much else. Not much room to diversify there. Its a seller of a fossil fuel which BT is not.
M&S sells clothing with a very small amount of food. the quality of which can be found elsewhere.
Tesco, operating in an over saturated market struggling with the likes of Aldi etc.

BT though has diversified well, has pretty good R&D bringing high speed broadband to most homes and is improving speeds. Its routers seem second to none. Into its own mobile offerings and also EE. Is indulging in the champions league which this week can of done it no harm especially the advertising revenue.
So BT is in a totally different environment to the companies you mentioned, selling a totally different product. I look at other companies in BT`s sector and think they have to compete with BT , not the other way round. I think this is why ofcom are always trying to reign BT in, to strong.

Just my thoughts, and no animosity intended but please keep it accurate and relevant. GL.

correction to my earlier ramblings, DB or Deutsche Bank.

Well I have gone for it and topped. It will probably dive now with Friday sell off. However I will loose no sleep over this as funds in the bank make diddly squat while here over 7%, happy days. Like Fleccy I have patience and will ride out this unexplained fall in sp. Starting to feel like share is being manipulated. Weeding out nervous investors who sell at low stop loss prices, then mopping up after. What else can it be? and who? DT perhaps?
On a side note please post when you can, good informative posts needed. GL

Thank you for post and reasoning. Strange share atm. Some skeleton in the works perhaps? Just can not see it. All looks strong and well financed. 7% return is very good and I would not have been stressed if this had been reduced to 5%. Again I have funds ready to top up but just don`t want to catch a falling knife. Will watch early tomorrow for bounce. Thanks again and GL.

Am I missing? Good returns in a tough environment, divi more than covered and now giving 7% return, just what am I missing? Even pension deficit being addressed. Getting near topping up time again and sod ofcom.

BruBrook,
He who is without fault cast the first stone eh!
I suppose you have never made a comment / statement said in good faith that has turned out to be incorrect?
If you are whiter than white or called JC then carry on. Otherwise give others a break, let it go and move on.

"Stop listening to the Barbedwireless. Boomer. Suffisex"
I would rather hear the above posters snore for ten hours than read any of the self centered, constantly negative, de-ramping, shorting bilge forwarded by JB & co. Some good even minded posters are gone because of him, a loss to us all.
I hope the above posters keep posting and filter the school yard prick. GL all else.

for this lumbering giant to get its act together. Brexit sorted, the CEO coming out with a very bullish outlook/ agenda would help. For to long its been vastly under valued imo looking at its strong and well funded divi. For the employees, employers and share holders come on BT. Act together time.

Barclays has increased its bonus pool for its staff the first time since 2013.

That's according to the bank's annual report which says the "incentive pool" is up 9% on last year at £1.6bn.

Since 2010, though, bonuses are down 53%.

"This trend means that in some areas of the bank, pay is now positioned behind our peers when adjusted for performance. A small part of the increase in the incentive pool is intended to ensure that we continue to align pay with performance and retain high performing talent in key business areas," Crawford Gillies, chairman of the remuneration committee, said in the annual report.

Jes Staley, the chief executive, received £3.4m, down from £3.9m the previous year, after £500,000 of bonuses were clawed back after he tried to identify a whistle blower.

"Retain high performance talent" Well heaven help us if we lost that talent. I wonder if there will be a corresponding improvement in divi.

PS Fleccy, I always thought it was people on here that decided the divi. Well there's a thing. 8-))