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Czql5v "I remain and live in hope that we see a steady and solid increase in the coming months. But I won't be holding my breath for sure....!"

Best way to be owning BT, live in hope, expect the worst, then you won't be too disappointed in this dead stock exchange with next to no liquidity. On one hand ignore the blatant rampers, and on the other hand ignore the imminent takeover offer. Neither is worth listening to. In other words separate the wheat from the chaff. Most of all do your own research, but as a shareholder of BT for many years, there are better investments out there than BT.

Isabel Oakeshott "there has been 78 stabbings the last 48 hours"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vViKgEZayc0

This isn't the Great Britain that I grew up in, I wonder why? Isabel Oakeshott speaks a lot of sense.

"Some of the finest human beings I have met have been Jewish and Muslim"

I agree, there is good and bad people in all races. Why do we seem to get all the bad. The more we do for them the more they expect. If I was to go and live in another country I would respect that country's culture, way of life, laws. Not want to change things to my way of life. My opinion would be that I'm that country's guest, and respect it. We let muslims have their own mosques, what do they do, they want to pray in the middle of the road and stop traffic. Then they want to pray in London with a loud speaker so that everyone can hear. I find this very disrespectful. People will only take so much.

"Look it's quite simple really, you're presumably old... approaching the point where you kick the bucket... with your last whimpering few gasps... lungs filled with pre-ULEZ air... maybe even leaded four star... you pray for a return of the good ol' days when politicians had plenty of common sense..."

Savage, your presumption couldn't be more wrong, now there's a line that you will be familiar with. I'm in my late 50's, living life to the fullest. I must say that you have a very disturbing opinion of old people. I was always taught from a very young age to respect my elders. Maybe you missed out as a child. Savage, you will do well to remember, if you're lucky you too will be old one day. Time waits for no man, or woman.

You never admitted Labour party past mistakes that I highlighted....... You could be a Labour MP.

Iraq war, 179 British servicemen gave their lives for Blairs war. Blair has blood on his hands.

Gordon Brown ‘I’m afraid there is no money.’

Brown’s pension tax raid was the most idiotic decision I can recall, says HAMISH MCRAE

Another one for you, the 2008 banking crisis was under Labours watch. maybe you're too young to remember all the above, that would explain a lot, maybe you was still in short pants. Now do you understand why I replied to your stupid comment..... "It's a huge relief the grown up centrist Labour Party has stepped up to steady the ship"

"As for bb21, don’t worry, I won’t be wasting my time engaging with someone with such a nasty, myopic and bitter outlook, on a beautiful sunny day like today."

From the one that said the above.

"If you're going to discuss politics. migration, or general topics, that's what the Lloyds forum has descended into. Lets try and keep this about BT and away from irrelevant politics."

Well I was willing to let it go after reading the above comment, but it would seem the left wing loonies on this board want to continue. On refection I will reply. I will refrain from further comments on this subject if the lefties do the same, the choice is yours. But lets be clear on this, Savage started this conversation giving his left wing opinions, when this board is for BT, not politics. Also, I do wish he would stop his blatant BT ramping, some inexperienced investors new to this board may be fooled in to believing his drivel.

Let's not forget what a great job Labour did last time in charge...... One disaster after another. Tony Blair's Iraq war, no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ever found. Gordon Brown tax raid on pensions. Selling the UK's gold at the lowest price. God help us with this lot in charge. Astute they're not, they are already back tracking on raising taxes, just like Rishi said they would. Same old Labour, you cannot trust a word. Crime will increase, its already stated. Rioting, grooming gangs. No woman is safe or young girls out alone. I dread to think what it will be like in 5 years from now. I don't recognise my local area anymore. British and the minority in my own country. Its a sad state of affairs.

Remember this...... ‘I’m afraid there is no money.’ The letter I will regret for ever. Liam Byrne, chief secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown, left a note for his successor that proved to be a gift for the Conservatives.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/09/liam-byrne-apology-letter-there-is-no-money-labour-general-election

The sale of UK gold reserves was a policy pursued by HM Treasury over the period between 1999 and 2002, when gold prices were at their lowest in 20 years, following an extended bear market. The period itself has been dubbed by some commentators as the Brown Bottom or Brown's Bottom.

The period takes its name from Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who decided to sell approximately half of the UK's gold reserves in a series of auctions. This amounted to 395 tonnes of gold sold for a total of $3.5 billion. The gold price increased at an average of 8% annually in the 25 years from 1999-2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932002_sale_of_United_Kingdom_gold_reserves

Brown’s pension tax raid was the most idiotic decision I can recall, says HAMISH MCRAE

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/article-13041677/HAMISH-MCRAE-Time-fix-Gordon-Browns-pension-errors.html

AbjectPerformer, I agree with you, Tories aren't innocent in all this, but they did have a plan with regards migrants. Rwanda has already been paid for. Rwanda was a big deterrent, if the flights had started the migrants would stop coming, it clearly showed the impact when they descended on Ireland, at the thought of going to Rwanda. The first thing Labour do is scrap the deterrent because it was Tories idea. Its like buying a new car and not using it. The mind boggles. I honestly dread to think what state the UK will be in, in 5 years time. RIP UK.

Silvertortoise, welcome back, that was quick? Lol

So not the same shares that you bought in April at 55p? Right.

404x, I would have agree. Multiplier7 is blatantly ramping S4 Capital. A very brief look at his comment history reveals that he's been a LSE member for 19 days, with just as clear ramping on other company chat boards. Buyer beware, don't be fooled, do your own research.

"including those who are acquiring significant portions of shares in advance of an offer well north of the last one ......."

What evidence do you have of the above? Thanx.

"so..in effect shorting is creating more long positions than there are shares outstanding ..if you have 100% short , you actually have 200% long ...the original owners and the new buyers of short sold shares ...hence creating the pressure build up for a potential short squeeze"

Pokerchips, thanks for your reply. So can you please explain why the share price drops due to shorting, if indeed you are correct with the above?

I don't know much about shorting shares, I've never doe this. So I Googled the following question....

Can the same share be shorted more than once?

Yes, a share can be lent and shorted more than once: If a short-seller borrows shares from one brokerage and sells to another brokerage, the second brokerage could then lend those shares to another short-seller. This results in the same shares counted twice as "shares sold short."

Love him or loathe him, Trump is good for business, lower tax & jobs, he gets the economy moving.

Rock8 & Nige Co,

Thanks for your replies. Yes you are both correct regarding Sir Martin holding a casting vote with his B share. However, with Sir Martin's age 79 year young and recent cancer scare that we haven't been updated further regarding his treatment & future outcome is unknown he may decide that sadly time isn't on his side. Regarding a takeover bid, at the end of the day money talks. I don't see a recovery in the share price on the horizon, so a bid in the region of 150p per share would be most welcome, certainly by small shareholders as myself. What's the alternative? We may never see a share price of 150p again.

Five years and counting, S4 Capital hasn't produced a profit yet, with expected earnings forecasts predicting another three years before a profit, (2026) according to simply wall street, its just not good enough.

I suspect that PE will also be looking at S4 Capital and could go the same way as Darktrace. S4 sum of parts valuation is multiples of current market cap. With a bid of close to $700m 96p per share already dismissed, next offer I expect would be in the region of 150p.

Https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2024/03/27/s4-capital-struggles-as-revenues-dip-for-the-first-time/

"Sooner or later this year there’ll be some big deals in adland as the major players, including Sorrell’s former creation WPP, struggle for growth. The only surprise here is that it’s Sorrell, for once, on the receiving end."

https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2024/03/has-arch-predator-sorrell-become-the-prey-at-s4-capital/

LifeIsARisk...... "Absolutely ...nice to see the day raiders have evaporated with their 10% bonus .....Hope everyone has a good Easter break ..."

That made me chuckle mate, yes they made their 10% and let us all know how great they are, when in fact they could have made 27% profit had they held on for a few more hours, or indeed held for the next year or two with potential of multi-bagger.

"Exactly I only had 100k shares so fairly small to be honest. Good luck to all"

I guess that you didn't sell your 100,000 shares in one trade? Considering that there hasn't been a trade reported for this amount, in one trade.