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The UK does not currently have a stable economy; it faces challenges including sluggish growth, high public debt, and risks from global volatility, though monetary stability has been maintained and the financial system is resilient. While the economy is projected to grow modestly in 2025, it requires significant structural and institutional reforms to restore vitality and address issues like public finance and infrastructure deficits.

Hey - STP, this is a Lloyds forum for discussing shares and dividends, not your ramblings of Forage, so trot off somewhere else.

“ Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman said the party must pick a woman from outside London to replace Angela Rayner as the party's deputy.”

So, this sets a precedent now that employers can now place adverts specifically for a man or woman legally for a job.

PDK

“ Yet the damage massively more.”

Give us some examples here in the UK

ASI

Just goes to show we are not well equipped to negotiate good deals. We do well at giving more away than keeping.

So, Labour keep saying we must invest for growth, seems like there is an opportunity here for jobs, cheaper energy supplies and improved GDP.

But never mind we are too stupid as a nation to look and do what other nations can do.

ASI

We are talking about gas from fracking, not what is in the North Sea.

PDK

“ From climate change denial to what net zero is and means”

We are paying other countries that supply us with energy to achieve there own net zero targets by subsidising them.

We could be using our own energy on our doorstep at lower costs while we go through the transitional phase and even sell surplus energy to other countries.

Forgot, November now as the robber is cooking up more wealth taxes.

Until October when the Labour numpties raid it as a cash cow. Then it will be broken like the rest of the country.

Let’s be honest, this government has no credibility at home or abroad now. It has lost all respect valued reputation.

It has no heavyweights in control that know what they are doing, have no loyalty to the country and its indigenous people.

Basically it is a disgrace, a once proud country that has been hijacked by the loony left and hung out to dry for Johnny Foreigner.

we all know that the uk is not in a good position, we accept that.

france is also not in a good position, politically it will see 74-year-old françois bayrou step down as pm today, nine months into his term. bayrou warned there was a "high risk of disorder and chaos" if parliament failed to back his austerity budget with its aim to slash government spending by €44bn (£38bn) and has a national debt of 114% of its annual economic output.

we pay too many taxes, and we don't understand how they're spent. and prices keeping rising," said christian magri, 44, a computer programmer.

"[jordan barcella] is going to overhaul our country. i'm not at all ******, but i feel that in france we already have a lot of people waiting for housing and we can't take in all the wretched of the world," said a woman named christine.

is jordan bardell frances nigel farage? being far right he has an uphill struggle but good luck to him and i hope he gets somewhere.

macron is possibly looking to the far left for support and this is the view from the left, sound familiar?

"we think that it's time for the president to give the left a try because we will have a different method. we will try to reach compromises. we've proposed a budget that will make savings but also make investments for the future, for a green transition… while also taxing the richest persons on their fortunes," said arthur delaport, a socialist party mp from normandy.

the result will be even deeper debt and problems. the demise of europe is in full flood now. is starmer going to follow françois bayrou and do the honourable deed and go? i guess it could be a case of careful what you wish for as to who would replace him.

STP - the gaslighting GEC telecommunications employee 🤡

“ He did it before and he'll do it again!”

So he will be in good company with Starmer then.

PDK

“ Anyone done a dna test ? Its quite interesting, I'm mostly Irish and English”

You mean very similar DNA to STP

It’s as we have always said for the last 14 months, children pretending to be adults playing a game that they don’t know the rules on how to engage.

I would rather have Blair back, the man for all seasons with that stupid smile that you knew was about to tell lies.

PDK aka Loopyloo

So, be a man and lay your cards on the table and tell us which party you really have allegiance to. I know you don’t have the guts to do so and all we will get is a load of gibberish twisting it back to us. Come on, be the big man you are trying to be and tell.

PDK aka loopyloo

You really are in denial that Labour can do no wrong. You really do need to take the blinkers off and see the reality of what Labour are doing to crush the country and also the working man who they claim to be supporting foremost.

PDK

“ I see he's rowed back somewhat (if you'll pardon the pun) on his 2 week stop the boats pledge”

What’s the count so far on Labour’s pledges and promises? Must be double digits by now and plenty more to come.

Our portfolio of share dividends are now doing what they were envisaged for in retirement , which is to fund the holidays that Mrs Dorfan plans. It provides a nice five figure return. As the divis go up then the excess will be used for other specific areas to make retirement more comfortable.

Andorra is not in the EU but seems to have a tariff free arrangement with them, perhaps we should be looking in depth to the arrangement they have and demanding the same rights in specific areas if it suits us.

STP

“I would have worked for two different GEC businesses, albeit, one after its name had changed.”

I will take a guess and it was the telecommunications division based on the timeline below, sound familiar?

1988: GEC and Plessey merged their telecommunications divisions, forming GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT).

1989: GEC and Siemens acquired the entire Plessey company, splitting its assets.

1989: The GPT joint venture remained, with GEC and Siemens as shareholders, and it was renamed GPT to reflect the disappearance of Plessey from the telecommunications sector.