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Plan to launch 'biggest council house building programme in post-war period'

Andy Burnham now pledges to launch "the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period".

He says this will be overseen by the newly created Number 10 North, which will work with local authorities.

Burnham explains: "Britain has lost almost 1.5 million council homes since the 1980s, and around the same number of people are now on housing waiting lists and have been there for a very long time.

"As a result, the country is in a housing trap. We are forced to chase rents in the private rented sector through the benefit system

New York had closed at £5.87 If the sp follows recent pattern, it will rise into the close. The UK market always seems to take the glass half empty route.

For the record, I divested myself of STV on 24th Dec at 111p due to their destruction of the rump of Grampian, leaving the whole of Scotland with a station focused on the central belt. I live north of Aberdeen, a very different culture. The to add insult to injury, the absurd idea of STV Radio which apart from being an oxymoron, is an additional waste of cash. With just more of the dame old same old.. But I was mainly thinking about it from a Sky/ITV deal perspective, which partly aims to get national terrestrial coverage, with Scotland left out of the picture, and yet currently broadcasting 83% ITV.

The complexities, of this potential partial takeover is midboggling. No wonder it has been I'm discussion for so long. But what puzzles me, is there appears no mention of standalone STV, virtually the Scottish ITV. I say that because 83% of STV's output is networked ITV. If comcast want UK coverage, surely it needs the STV transmitters too? Conversely, how does STV fare, if not part of the Sky/ITV merger with it's 83%? I have not read anywhere about this angle, although I may have missed something. Although branded as ITV News, it is still actually sourced from ITN, would there be issues with regard to Sky news sources? STV have their own News service. STV's share price has been languishing for some time at £1 whilst 5 years back it was at £4. Anyone taking a punt on STVG as part of their strategy?

Your timing was bad. It was in auction for 6 minutes.

As long as it doesn't overshoot the runway. Pull off the handbrake, Get those engines going, and run out the flaps don't forget to pull up the wheels, all this taxiing is so boring.

If it's Ensilica then I don't need to guess. 99.7! But there needed ro be patience fotmr a long while before. Your timing was good, so you'll be a happy bunny. Now this Jet needs to take off, which is supposedly Easy. (See what I did there)

I md that it suggests to me that a listing on the NYSE would be preferable to the listing on the LSE. Has London had it's day?

A pattern seems to emerged that every night there is a decent rise in rge US, usually around £5.07 at close at current exchange rate, then it opens in London and goes all weak at the knees. Since there is so much going for it, war ends, fuel cost falls, valuable slots, great aircraft inventory, no risky destinations, growing holiday packages, multiple potential suitors, why can't it even get back to where it was on 6th Jan ie £5.22?

You might be planting the oil cans the wrong way up.

Closed at £5.06p The US market does seem a little more lively than London

It is exactly 5 years since it was £8, there again 6 years ago it was £12. I doubt we'd ever see £8 again unless there was an out and out bidding war, but all the potential suitors are more likely to work together.

I do not believe that for one moments. The Af/KLM BOD would be failing in their job if the were not even "looking"!?

The only thing zi do not understand is why "sell out at 6.77" I will sell incrementally presuming the price continues to rise. Surely that is a more measured approach? I mean what do you do when it sticks at 6.50?

It reached £5.03 at the close in New York.

Who'd have you!? Singing "suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be"

If you are of a nervous disposition, and I can see why, then do both. Sell some, say 33%, and hold the rest. After all that's a kind of hedging. Then watch until a move either way makes you think again. Topiary is a very relaxing pass time according to Monty.

Funny thing struck me looking at the trades as they went through as we approach the close today. The number of shares traded are more often than not, odd amounts. But the value of those trades are also odd amounts. I have traded for decades, and am in the habit of trading round numbers of shares. Such as 1000, 2000, 5000 and the like. I use a number closest to the approximate amount I wish to trade. I could just as easily trade round pounds, £1000, £2000, £5000 but I am stuck in my ways. At the back of my mind one might get a slightly better price for neat bundles. Does anyone else have a preference to trade share numbers or share values?

There are many automatic trades being triggered in both directions. You'd think shorters are being squeezed, but remember they tend to have a greater ratio of longs, so they stay cool.

You need to have an answering machine installed. Have it day "We value your call...."