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The UK has a free trade deal with the EU . Any unnecessary barriers contained within that would be down the the EU .

get it into your head thickos - proposed changes to the NI protocol are to improve the flow of goods between different parts of the UK.

mach
''Weird how all the people that backed Brexit now suddenly think having access to the single market is a great thing.''

they keep on coming.
The UK has a Free trade agreement with the EU.
Goods moving from one part of Ireland to another part do not need random checks.
I am sure many businesses have done trade with each for a long time in Ireland and therefore a trusted trader.

mb
''You know... like we did before Brexit!''

one of the plonkers back again.
NI is part of the UK.
The UK is not a member of the EU.
The UK no longer pays Billions of pounds each year to the EU
NI does not pay money to the EU.
The UK has a Free trade agreement with the EU
ROI is still part of the Common travel area with the UK

I am sure the quality of goods moved in Ireland are of good standard and don't need checking.
On the other hand goods coming from mainland EU have been proved to not be so.

mach
so this ''brilliant opportunity '' that you talk about simply comes down to goods not being checked.

I am sure the quality of goods moved in Ireland are of good standard and don't need checking.
On the other hand goods coming from mainland EU have been proved to not be so.

mach
'' it was nice when the rest of the UK had that brilliant opportunity ''

Another onto the plonker list.
NI is part of the UK.
The UK is not a member of the EU.
The UK no longer pays Billions of pounds each year to the EU
NI does not pay money to the EU.
The UK has a Free trade agreement with the EU
ROI is still part of the Common travel area with the UK

do you think that if Scotland had voted to leave the UK, they would have had another one to join the UK.?

do you think that the ROI would have a vote to rejoin the UK? -after all it has been a 100 years

nom
''another vote could be within 15 years.''

go and section yourself

nom
''as they know they would lose if there was another one.''

absolutely pathetic .

there won't be another one ,the UK has already left the EU - did I not already remind you of that? Sir 'peoples vote' wanted another one before we left.

Old EU regs are due to vanish by the end of the year

nom
''people in the UK be upset with not having the same trading relationship with the EU ''

as I said, a plonker - we voted to leave how many more times?
any separate NI agreement that may or may not be endorsed is all about the GFA - the agreement from 3 years ago had not been endorsed - it is wait and see to see if the changed version does - if not it may have to be changed again.

Personally it has turned out to be a good thing to now make checks from goods coming into GB from the EU. As we have found out with the recent discoveries with checks, they had probably been sending unfit food for human consumption for years because they knew no checks would be made.

'' discriminated against?''
''The beginning of the end of Brexit is on''

what a pair of total plonkers you are

NC
''Lloyds can then use the buyback to their advantage rather than the shareholders by still paying out the same 'sum' as they would have done anyway, and pocketing the difference themselves.''

How does pocketing the difference work?

''YES I know the divi 'went up by 20%, but, on making such profits, one would have expected at least that anyway, with or 'without' buybacks''

Profits were flat, but despite this, due to a progressive dividend policy which is helped by buybacks and a good outlook, the yearly dividend was increased from 2p to 2.4p.

''Also the more they buy back the more than can re-issue without raising to much hue and cry.''

The amount of new shares issued is dependant on share schemes set up by a remuneration committee and the number of shares that Lloyds staff purchase.

''the demand for a solid company paying top div's would 'mop up' a huge amount of shares by having more people buy more shares.''

An exchange of shares between investors s not mopping up.
Dividend yield does not determine a share price.

''Yes I know BP are doing well, but again, due mainly to massive profit, forward earning, not necessarily so much to do with buybacks.''

I would imagine (without checking) that BP have removed at least 15% of shares since 2 years ago and more each day.

''otherwise you bore the board.''
or of you not liking the answers.

''that once out, they would make it as hard as possible for the UK to make an obvious success of leaving''

Yes and before leaving - Boris did a good job in preventing the whole of Brexit not to drag on year after year, by getting us out and knowing that the NI protocol had within it the fact that the protocol can be changed. Changes have obviously been delayed due to more pressing matters like C19.

the narrow majority ''
7% more people voted to leave

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''Nobody but nobody would do that .''

That is a nonsense statement - I am roughly 90% invested in shares 10% cash (doesn't of course include my property).

''I am pleased that I made over a 100 trades in 2022 ''

2 months into 2023 and I have only made 3 trades so far.

''Cash is still king.''

I am pleased that I made over a 100 trades in 2022 - it has paid off very well.
I am still about 90% invested

I would have stated my average price after the last SB's that I closed (100% closing profit record.

Just for you again, my average price now stands at 20.51p

Brix
''Take all divi's cash tuk buybacks .''

Grow up - Lloyds currently have a policy for buybacks -.end of.

Similar message that has been said many times to others on a different subject -
The UK is no longer a member of the EU club.
Get used to the facts and don't waste time of a matter that words can do nothing to change.

Brix
''Take all divi's cash tuk buybacks .

buyback each year

NC
''it will take TWENTY years ''

What would your return or any investors return be after 20 years when purchasing a share at £1 and yielding 5% ?

Lloyds is not saving money on share buybacks, it allows shareholders to increase their percentage stake and at the same time allows profits allocated to dividends to go to fewer shares. Amount of dividend allocated is determined by profitability/dividend policy and not by the number of shares in issue.

A buyback each would have the ability help to have increased dividends on flat earnings, and thereby increasing the yield from a 5% base for those purchasing today. 10 years of £2 Billion buybacks = $20 Billion. Current market cap about £35 Billion.