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...the night before the Budget,

And through Whitehall’s grand halls,

Every minister was pacing,

As they waited for the calls.

The spreadsheets were nestled

In red boxes with care,

In hopes that the Chancellor

Soon would declare…

New cuts or new spending,

A tax break or two,

What wonders or blunders

Might dawn with the view?

The markets were humming,

Investors on edge,

While voters all whispered:

“Please don’t trim my wedge.”

And when morning arrived

With its headlines and fuss,

We all checked the numbers

And hoped they’d spare us.

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Rachel Reeves to cut annual cash Isa limit to £12,000 in Budget.

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This is the last call to sell @86.00p :}

Institutes have filled their boots whilst government lays in wait to hit pensions, banks, Institute's own over 90% of Lloyds Banking Group, yes 90%! Rachel ThRieves and the Starmtroopers are coming, after all they know where the sugar is…!

Well, worse is yet to come 80p 70p 60p or 24p you deicide Chips O’Toole :}

Thank you to all that contributed to the buyback program, for those who don’t understand buybacks basically translated it means return of faulty goods.

Many faithful long term holders have waited a long time for recovery ,well done to you all for selling in to the rise .

Many faithful long-term holders are waiting to buy back in 😁, well done to you all for selling into the rise.

Step away from the door madam, going down :)

Have a lovely weekend everyone...

ps: cheer up Simples, it's fish 'n chips on a Friday, inside, on E-wing.

Love & light all

Darth

Interesting, it was ok for me to post negative about the blues but post negatives about the red team and it gets removed, come on own up which one of you three did it..

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Lloy SP still looking as dodgy as Boris Johnson government during the pandemic whereby he oversaw a "toxic and chaotic" culture in No 10 during Covid.

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..productivity still stuck in the 90s, warns industry body.

Productivity in Britain’s construction sector is now lower than in 1997, according to a new report.

Decades of under-investment have left delivery capacity “dangerously thin”, a new report by Oxford Economics for the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), Half-Built Britain, has warned.

CPA chief Steven Mulholland said the report should serve as a “wake-up call” for the industry.

“Britain cannot deliver modern growth with 1990s productivity… Every year we fall behind, projects take longer, costs rise and confidence weakens across the supply chain,” he said.

https://www.cityam.com/uk-construction-productivity-still-stuck-in-the-90s-warns-industry-body/

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The Lennon/ ono "Imagine" will never be topped imho. For All Dylans hits, genres, the master of reinvention could not produce a song like that.

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And still they awarded "Imagine" "Song of the Century".....

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Life time of protest eh, for what? oh yes ofc, to sell records....sad sells, protest sells, loves sells, Bob hit the jackpot.

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Trollblesome, yes but like Bob say's , The times are a-changin. Bob now uses an electric toothbrush....

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STP, Rachel uplift 92p....

typo yes, 29p?

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STP, I've had my discussion, battles with both posters but as Dylan once said, the times are a-changin..

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No it's not good! I can't have a proper argument, debate or any kind of relationship with a Bot so Simples will have to go Bailiff take him down.... whole life Tariff. As our filters are overcrowded then I’ll have to implement early release program. Gate13boy and TheFarEnd you are both free to go from HM Filter. Our policy is one two out.

Trollblesome, you are on your last warning, if you are brought before me in the future you will be facing a full life tarriff, and with a encrogpt handle such as yours, sherriff BrownStar, well need i say more!

The Warden….

Trollblesome, insults, lol, it had been you who jumped in and insulted me, stop playing the victim.

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Trollblesome, not interested in your posts to me, you jump in the thread being stupid and you look like a fool now, go and play with your tin star, Sherriff.

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So simples as you can see the Norse had not booked a holiday,nor had they been invited and they encountered Native Americans who they considered inferior, and did indeed had conflict with and they woud ahve launched a full scale invasion if they had the numbers / resources..

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Simples, therefore British , had not been the first to invade as you suggested, in your now removed post.

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Simples,

quesion~; can you provide more details regarding the Norse invasion:

Answer: Key Details of the Norse Presence in the Americas.

Location: The primary confirmed site is at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Other areas like Markland (Labrador) and Helluland (Baffin Island) were likely visited for resources like timber.

Timeline: The settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows was active around 1021 AD, as confirmed by tree-ring dating, and was occupied for a relatively short time, perhaps only a decade or two.

Interaction with Indigenous Peoples: The Norse encountered Native Americans, whom they called Skræling ("barbarians" or "puny, weaklings"). Interactions involved both trade and conflict, with the sagas recounting clashes that led to Viking retreats.

Lack of Permanent Colonization: Unlike later European powers, the Norse did not establish a lasting presence. Their efforts failed due to several factors:

Small Population: The Norse colonies in Iceland and Greenland had small populations, not enough to support a large, distant settlement.

Hostile Relations: Frequent conflict with the more numerous indigenous inhabitants made long-term settlement difficult and dangerous.

Logistical Challenges: The sheer distance across the North Atlantic made communication and resupply a major problem.

Lack of Central Support: The expeditions were generally private ventures seeking resources, not state-sponsored efforts with a goal of empire-building. There was no significant gold or silver to drive large-scale investment.

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Simples

Question: did the norse invade the americas?

Answer:

Yes, Norse explorers and settlers, or Vikings, arrived in North America and established a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada, around 1021 AD. While they did not conduct a large-scale invasion to conquer the continent, their expedition represents a brief but significant period of European presence in the Americas, about 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

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The only star around here is Sherrif BrownStar

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