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Markets opening sharply lower after the long weekend reflects heightened investor sensitivity to political interference in monetary policy. The Orange colostomy bag's renewed criticism of Fed Chair Powell introduces additional uncertainty around central bank independence, an essential pillar for maintaining market stability and inflation expectations. Coupled with unresolved trade tensions and the tariff bull, Trump's latest brain fart would have likely exacerbated risk-off sentiment, driving equities into the red. If uncertainty persists, we could see increased volatility and potentially a shift in forward guidance expectations.

Ooops i mean't *John Bolton

' his mind is full of mush, and he says whatever comes into it'

''He hasn't got the brains! He's a property developer, for God's sake!"

(I approve on Trump commenting anything positive regarding gold however).

GLA

Anyone that needs convincing of just how stupid Trump is need only seek out the views of Trump's longest serving advisor, Anthony Bolton.

Chid

I'll stick with the opinion of those backed by science rather than you noticing 'it's been a bit chilly.. me plant died' thanks 👍

*residents

Here we go.... the daily resort to infantile abuse from the boards resident as the argument is lost 🤣

I don't read 'carp' 🤦‍♂️

As for your obsession with 'the worlds overspill'

You ever thought that if your neoliberals had allowed these nations to grow economically these people may have happily stayed put?

Chid

Many thanks for your opinion.

I'll stick with the experts however.

Gunsup (Hmmm... not so sure i'm 'wise' but i do try and make sense of things😂 )

Lets not forget the worrying signs of pollinator decline (40% in some areas)

In the UK, bumblebee numbers reached their lowest on record in 2024, with red-tailed bumblebees declining by 74% and white-tailed bumblebees by 60% compared to previous years . This decline is attributed to factors such as habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change

Gunsup (respect, sincerely)

Frightening figures those.

All the more reason to explore new sources of energy? Some seem to forget oil will eventually dry up.

Too many humans . Nature will no doubt begin the cull, one way or other.

End days?

The brain dead claim 'if you want to save the planet, you should just stop breathing, eat dirt, and live in a mud hut' argument. Brilliant. Because clearly, the real problem isn’t decades of corporate greed and governments doing sweet FA to tackle climate change, it’s people asking for a bit less pollution. I mean, why bother with clean air when you can have your oil and your plastic straws.

Bloomer the guy that complains about windfarms and pylons and advocates drilling rigs popping up all over the country and poisoning our waterways...

'Yeah? Well Corbyn is Chairman Mao!' That’s not political analysis, that’s what happens when you fall asleep listening to GB News and wake up choking on your own Daily Mail. 🤣

Lets not forget yo man Trump's threats to take over Canada and Greenland BTW.

Not like a certain German (or Russian, Or Israeli) at all!

Triumph

'Christ knows how you think we're meant to lower the national debt and pay for services without tax'

'There are many ways'

You then list these 'many ways' citing 'growth' and (yet more)'inefficency drives'

Since Thatcher's era, the UK tax base has been eroded through policies favoring lower income and corporate tax rates, alongside growing tax avoidance and loopholes exploited by multinational companies and high earners. Yet you whine that these entities are being 'taxed to death'. One wonders what the 'old one nation Conservative' would have thought of that 😂 Additionally, the shift towards a service-based economy and rising income inequality have reduced the effectiveness of traditional tax structures.

Your beloved Tories when last in government oversaw the lowest growth in wages 'since Napoleonic times' and the slowest economic growth 'since at least the WW'. Austerity worked wonders it would seem 🤣

Your claim you hadn't registered for a doctor 'because the time i got to see one i'd be 6 feet under' 🤔

Under Tony Blair’s government, NHS waiting times were significantly reduced, with key targets introduced to improve patient access. One major achievement was the guarantee that patients could see a GP within 24 hours, dramatically speeding up primary care access. People were actually complaining it was 'TOO QUICK' to get a doctors appointment under the last Labour government.

It begs the question.... who was in government when you were waiting? 🤦‍♂️

The NHS, like every other service, would do so much better if only the tax base hadn't been eroded.

In your 'Old Conservative One Nation' Macmillan era the top rate of income tax was 91% and Corporation tax was around 38%-40%! How VERY Farage!?!? 🙄

'Stop immigration that is a net public burden! We can no longer pay/afford for foreign nationals who are not and will never be net tax contributors' We can't afford bu gger all because the tax base has been eroded by neoliberal policies and the economy has been spaffed up the wall by your Farage backed Tories as i've already shown but that aside, i agree, the immigration numbers are ridiculously high, especially since Brexit and since the West poked its nose into the middle east, bombing Libya arguably having the most detrimental effect. Just trying to think who did that .....

'And stop being so melodramatic and comparing right wing politicians to fricking nartzis. Its dumb, lacks common sense and downright disingenuous. Next you will be saying trump has plans for mexican gas chambers. '

What is dumb and lacking common sense is the likes of you not seeing what is happening before your eyes. Have you neatly forgotten Trump has already attempted a coup, applauded by the goose stepping Farage?

Trump is already planning golf courses and hotels on Gaza whilst providing the munitions for tens of thousands to be murdered and maimed.

Stop being a stereotypical FAR RIGHT apologist.

'Old Conservative'

The 'One Nation Tory'

Harold McMillan do you?

'One-Nation Tory' (believing that richer members of society should help poorer members). He was MP for a Durham constituency, and had witnessed the effects of the Depression in the North-East of England. He therefore wanted to improve the lives of the working class. In 1938, Macmillan had published a book called 'The Middle Way', which set out the case for consensus politics. He argued for the acceptance of Keynesianism and for more state control over services. Although he came across as a 'toff', Macmillan's political views were quite left-wing. Attlee said in 1951 that Macmillan nearly joined the Labour party in the 1930s. James Margach thought Macmillan was, with Attlee, 'one of the two most left-wing prime ministers of my forty years reporting politics'.

How VERY Farage.🤣

Again, i've watched these boards for months, not just a couple of days/weeks and the ONLY reason i ever began regularly commenting was because of the rac ist , anti-'woke' bo llocks that was being bandied about on this board day in day out.

I've never ever begun abusing people on here without it being aimed at me first.

I never ever begin posting on a thread which solely concerns Lloyds share chat.

What i post 90% of the time is in REPLY.

Strange how it is you can bandy about terms like 'loony left' and 'woke' yet you wet you knickers when you see some here labelled 'Far Right' isn't it? 🤡

To think that all on this board and Farage and Truss are just 'old Conservative' is beyond stupid! Trump has openly supported the Proud Boys. Trump attempted a coup. His right hand man is waving Na zi salutes and Trump himself has used rhetoric from Na zi Germany. Musk has openly supported Tommy Robinson and the Far Right in Germany...all of which was loudly applauded by 'old Conservative' Farage and Truss. Farage was known for stomping around Dulwich College expressing his fondness for the Nazi's.

The charlatan won't come out in the open and express his fascist views for fear he'll worry the electorate.

Just as Trump didn't reveal his true plans until he gained power, immediately freeing members of the Far Right from jail!

You ought to swat up on just how Hi tler managed to rise to power and gain such support from the easily lead.

I guess Netanyahu and Orban are merely 'old Conservative' too? 🤣

'Starmer is way out to the left of Blair. You dont tax business like that and call yourself centre. You dont tax the middle classes into oblivion and call yourself centre.'

He's barely taxed business and i don't see him introducing the obvious 'wealth tax' either. Starmer is just another neoliberal as has every PM been since Thatcher spaffed the nation up the wall.

Christ knows how you think we're meant to lower the national debt and pay for services without tax.🤣

'Donald Trump is not usually classified as "far-right" in the strict ideological sense used in political science — but he is often described as right-wing populist, and some of his rhetoric, policies, and supporters overlap with FAR-RIGHT themes.'

Waved on by Truss and Farage and the Proud boys and Na zi saluting Musk etc etc etc