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"Perhaps tell the rail unions that, drivers on 60 to 100 k. They need shouting at, or sack them all and computerise it."
Or do a P&O style hatchet job and bring in cheaper labour! lol

I bet Boris Johnson's last act before vacating Downing Street for the last time was to have a "mega dump" in the toilet leaving skid marks like a ploughed field in the toilet bowl as a surprise for the first time Lizz Truss needs to go to the toilet! lol

Gate13Boy
I am not signed up to any automatic dividend reinvestment programme. I leave the money on account and reinvest at my own convenience.

Gate13Boy,
"The share price certainly rises in the run up to going ex div but that's a new one on me rising in the run up to payment day when cash is going to leave the business."
Its anecdotal with the narrative being that the MM's pump the share price up in the run in to dividend payment so that everyone who is in an automatic dividend reinvestment programme will pay a higher price for the shares than what was being paid before the dividend payment.

"Normally I'd be happy to see my stocks appreciate in value, but I'm looking at reinvesting dividends into Lloyds next week, so I'm slightly disappointed at today's rise."
That's how the MM's work, pump the price up in the run up to dividend payment.

"The war begins."
Nothing new there! The Tories have been self destructing for decades between the pro EU and anti EU factions within the party.

After 131 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date.................................................3,750,137,898
Total Cost to date... ................................................ £1,670,108,311.96
Average price paid to date.......................................44.535p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed.........83.51%

"What absolute b0l0x, if you believe that you'll believe anything. If London was nuked, do you really believe the UK wouldn't retaliate irrespective of what the US said? I guarantee the UK would have work arounds, even if your codes myth was true."
It is true that US Nuclear missiles based in NATO Countries are in effect controlled by the US as they hold the activation codes. But the UK and France have their own Nuclear Missile capability independent of the US, and only the UK and France control the use of these independent of US.

After 130 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date.................................................3,706,978,592
Total Cost to date... ................................................ £1,651,493,703.28
Average price paid to date.......................................44.551p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed.........82.57%

Volume on Hargreaves Lansdown is 90,204,389.

"The New Iron Lady now needs to dig deep and pay our energy bills for Xmas, dismantle the communist unions currently bringing the country to its knees, and start slashing taxes ahead of the 2024 UK election win."
Good luck to her with that! As is usual with our dysfunctional system of Government the opposition parties will instead of voting for what is right for the country will vote on party lines against everything that the Government propose to try and bring them down.

I'll be heading off shortly to get a ferry and then drive down to Glasgow and wont arrive until midnight so I will post the buyback update first thing tomorrow morning.

"Looks like Governor bailey will hike rates 50 basis points on 15 September Lloyds rallies on the news pricing in for higher profits"
And what will happen when they do hike rates 50bp.....the SP will fall as it has with other rises!

Gazzleberry/Stagecoach,
Big offshore windfarm being planned west of Orkney; planned to be operational by 2029.

https://www.westoforkney.com/project#:~:text=The%20West%20of%20Orkney%20Windfarm%20is%20being%20developed%20around%2030km,more%20than%20two%20million%20homes.

"can see Charlie giving a special dividend payment this year"
and pigs will fly.......no chance!

IG has FTSE Futures at +47 pts at the moment. Hopefully recover some ground today!

After 129 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date.................................................3,662,323,470
Total Cost to date... ................................................ £1,632,095,518.28
Average price paid to date.......................................44.564p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed.........81.6%

Theo
Well yes, obviously Ukraine and Russia agreeing terms, Russian withdrawal and ending hostilities is what I was alluding to.

Brixton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3xJY4TF-8

88
When the Ukraine war ends I think market reaction would be very positive, similar to when news of COVID vaccine was released on 6th November 2020, and you would not want to be out of the market when/if it does happen. BUT, how much further will it fall before this happens?