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You will have to wait until next March

At about a £2 higher price than my buy at the end of May

at 2145p.
A progressive dividend policy now in place. Buybacks taking place at low prices.
No sleepless nights with this share. Will buy more on any further significant drop in share price.

JR
''the SP fell from 63 p at the start of the buyback and fell 26% ''

Some like myself welcome buybacks at low prices, so absolutely nothing to complain about with about 3,465,000,000 shares having been taken off of the market in 18 months.

The EU have threatened not to extend A50 if BJ hasn't a plan in 12 days time.
If that is carried out, it won't be doing BIRG any favours.

Just noticed that BIRG have reduced their online saver rate to 1.15%.
I have a much better rate than this currently but only until the start of 2020.
If the markets are a lot lower after the UK's departure from the EU, that will give me the opportunity for further investment into stocks rather than being parked on deposit at such low rates.

despite a US rate cut today the dollar has risen a bit over the day against sterling.
Dow was up
Ftse futures steady.
A penny drop in a day is always possible, but balancing the above I would not bet on 52p.
The market though may take the EU's empty (probably) threats of not extending unless BJ comes up with a plan in 12 days time, seriously.

54p again this year?

I don't know

The EU still say they need a good reason to extend as they have said in the past. There was no good reason to extend beyond the 29th March but the EU bottled it.

UK opposition parties had the chance for an election which they refused.
If Boris, closer to the time of scheduled departure, says to the
EU that he will not offer a UK election again in the near future, therefore no reason for an extension,would the EU bottle it once again.

More empty threats?
Let's hope not, but I fear they are.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-boris-johnson-deal-plan-deadline-ultimatum-latest-a9111066.html

https://www.fxstreet.com/economic-calendar/event/fcfae951-09a7-449e-b6fe-525e1335aaba

Maybe a few pence onto my BP and Shell shares. Not that it matters as they are keepers.
Will Lloyds hold onto the recent increase in price, that is the question.

Snige
You realty must learn to interpret a bit better.
You deduce that I believe the BBC from my remark ''lets hope so'' ?

It is not a question of believing it or not.
It is a report on what they think the PM will be saying.

Snige
"and seeking to build a new relationship with the EU based on a “comprehensive free trade and customs agreement”''

Trade agreement talks begin AFTER we leave.
I thought you would have known that already.
Perhaps not, you are Snige afterall

let's hope so
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49709430

to the current departure date. (should legally have been the 29th March)

A clean exit from the EU is still the only thing on the table.
https://daystobrexit.co.uk/

PC
So people took what Boris said about leaving the EU without a WA seriously.
And?

Snige
Did you mean to say that despite Soubry being a remainer, that Broxtowe elected the candidate whose party had in their manifesto ''As we leave the European Union, we will no longer be members of the single market or customs union'' and “no deal is better than a bad deal” .

DCB/Lasttrain/2cv-driver/BF etc etc etc

''I do not see a hard Brexit happening. ''

There have been so many things that you have not seen happening. You must be very short sighted