Member Info for Grayling

"Lloyds are a bellwether of the UK economy." More like the Bell-end of the UK economy I would say! LOL

you can pick your stats how you like and i will pick mine. despite the current difficulties in germany, over the same period you quote uk gdp was 1.8% higher compared to the pre-pandemic level of q4 2019. this compares with eurozone gdp being 3.0% higher. in france it was also up by 1.8% and italy by 3.3%. but no you would rather crow about germany being in slightly more **** than us at present. lol

I get my news from Channel 4. You know the one that MadNads/Dumbass Dorries thought was a state-owned broadcaster and tried to flog it off. LOL

My guess is that shareholders will get SFA from this deal as per usual. LOL

Immigration, Schimmigration fed up with all the wasted hot air on this subject. Personally, I could not give a toss either way. It is simply a gross distraction from the total failure of the governing class in our emerging third world economy. If anything in the UK actually worked (housing, NHS, transport, energy/cost of living, decent wages) I can guarantee that nobody else would give a toss about immigration either. LOL

In the field of human conflict has so much hot air been expended by so few about so little! LOL

As for Mondeoman1946, he may be right about the lived experience in the UK at the moment as a result of Tory mismanagement, but as for his apocalyptic views on the FTSE100. As China Crisis sang...... its just wishful thinking. LOL

"Confused" is a tad overgenerous given his previous post regarding "A string of failures lately". Math is obviously another weak point. One to file under "ignore" LOL

What "string of failures" are you talking about? Since July this year these are the clinical trial and product updates:

Imfinzi combination improves PFS in liver cancer

Dato-DXd improved PFS in breast cancer

Enhertu recommended in EU for HER2-mutant NSCLC

Fasenra Phase III EGPA trial met primary endpoint

Beyfortus approved in US for infant RSV prevention

Against this you have ONE failure and that is in end-stage (non-resectable) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) one of the most intractable and inevitably terminal forms of lung cancer. Can't you read?

How so given that AZN provided it's vaccine "at cost" (unlike Pfizer) and was attacked on here by many posters for not making a huge profit from it?

Interesting to compare our fortunes with those of our erstwhile suitor Pfizer! Pfizer slipped 1.6% to $28.96 Monday closing at its lowest share price since March 26, 2020, continuing the pharmaceutical giant’s struggles tied to declining demand for its Covid-19 products and essentially wiping out the entirety of the firm’s peak pandemic gains. There were many on here who complained that AZN was "off the pace" in the vaccine race and failed to monetize their competitive advantage when they got their vaccine into the clinic. Instead by concentrating on future revenues in Oncology and growth in other therapeutic areas they have avoided the Covid19 hangover. Who was smartest now?

Reads like AI-generated gobbledygook to me!

Mondeoman1946 is back....Yawn.........presses buy button. LOL

Typical response of the Cruise ship generation, the majority of whom will no doubt not live long enough to see the devastation wrought by climate change and environmental pollution. LOL

Two things, then:

1. The crew (or anyone else) cannot possibly have "cleaned up" over 5 tons of toxic waste in a period of 2 hours while preparing to sail. In August 2018, Princess Cruises (A Carnival brand)’ Star Princess cruise ship discharged sludge from its exhaust system scrubbers in the port of Ketchikan, Alaska which persisted for months.

2. Carnival’s Exhaust Gas Control Systems (EGCS) are commonly called “scrubbers” which are used to try and remove non-combustible particles such as soot, incompletely burned oil, and ash, from its emission stacks. Carnival has decided that it is cheaper to use such systems rather than purchase more expensive low sulfur fuel. Scrubber sludge is a toxic mix of metals, such as lead, nickel and zinc, as well as hydrocarbons, sulfur, and nitrogen compounds. Carnival routinely dumps this toxic sludge into the water around the world. It is my impression that most people who cruise are not aware that cruise ships routinely discharge toxic waste water residue from scrubbers as the ships sail. However, there is a noticeable difference in slowly emptying the scrubber sludge tanks over the court of a week long cruise in the Caribbean before returning to port in Florida and inadvertently dumping five tons of sludge all at once at a port before a boatload of guests with iPhones.

2.

You wanted evidence?

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cruise-ship-leaks-soot-carnival-magic-b2440372.html

I see one of Carnival's garbage scows s***t itself during a power cut while docked, necessitating a huge clear-up. No doubt that disgusting oily mess would normally be discharged at sea where there are no witnesses. Charming.

Good! Nice to see the Tory vote fragment, all to the advantage of Labour. Hopefully, many Reform (and Tory) candidates will be losing their deposits. LOL

I have held since these were £30 a pop and reinvested all of the dividends. Is that long term enough for you? Chill out, AZN is one of the best shares in this sector and PS has now committed to staying put for the next 5 years, this will recover more quickly than most

"Labour conference was scary. We're (basically) back in the 1970s." Well even the 1970's would be in improvement on the Tories incessant drive to return us to the 1950's LOL