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The Tory Party is the world's most successful political party, been top or near-top for centuries. The Tories do not need saving.

But yesterday's budget was grotesque.

The UK today is the fastest-growing G7 economy, with the second-lowest debt, and near-full employment.

No other major country on Earth is raising taxes post-covid.
No other major country on Earth is having an emergency budget.
No other major country on Earth is forcing taxes down throats and driving their own people into a recession.

Bizarre and grotesque.

Never seen anything like it. Ever.

We are a very weird, weird country :-(

Just keep an eye on the Motley Fool website. They've been posting "LLOY to hit £1" clickbait blogs for the past decade. As soon as they stop, you can guarantee it will finally hit a quid...

It is time to stop the hysteria about so-called "trade deals".

The UK's no.1 biggest export market worldwide today is the US -- we have no trade deal with the US.

The UK's no.2 biggest export market worldwide today is China -- we have no trade deal with China.

UK exports are rocketing +18% YoY in Q3 2022.

Trade deals are massively overhyped and overrated. The hard evidence clearly shows -- we can grow and thrive without them.

Lol.

Covid is not Brexit. Covid is covid.

Since 2016, the start of Brindependence, UK GDP in real terms has outgrown cumulatively the EU3 of France, Germany and Italy by a healthy +1% thru 2022. Not to mention the UK outgrowing the entire G7 for the last 2 years in a row of 2021 and 2022. Plus, the incredible +18% YoY surge in UK exports in Q3 2022.

We can see the Brexit dividend there starting to build.
Brindependence looks good.

Employment levels now at an all-time high. Along with solid +2.4% YoY GDP growth, some of the lowest debt in the G7, and house prices rising, the UK economy is proving resilient. Brexit is giving us our confidence back on the world stage and taking back control.

Lol.

UK GDP grew +7% YoY in Q3 2021.

For 2021 as a whole, the UK was the fastest-growing economy in the G7.

Same for 2022!

Two years in a row -- UK is the top performer.

As we can see, the UK is now starting to pull ahead -- as Brexit beds in.

In fact, UK exports soared an astonishing +18% YoY in the recent quarter of Q3 2022. Another great sign!

The stat trends are showing a clear buildup in UK outperformance.

The Brexit dividend has begun (whether you like it or not) ;-)

Lol.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

The UK is starting to bed-in Brexit and pull ahead of rivals. The UK is the fastest-growing G7 economy in 2022, among the lowest debt, record EU exports, and pretty much everyone who wants one has a job.

Consensus UK GDP forecasts were for +2.1% YoY in the latest numbers. UK actually did +2.4% YoY! UK performing much better than expected

Using YoY compares apples with apples, the same number of days each time. It's by far the best metric.

At the end of the day, Brexit won. There is no going back. It's time to move on. Let's talk about a fresh topic.

Know someone in the civil "service" who gets pension contributions equivalent to 27% of their salary.

Lol.

UK real GDP is outperforming pretty much every major Western economy on Earth today in Q3 2022...

UK = +2.4% YoY
Eurozone = +2.1% YoY
US = +1.8% YoY
G7 = +1.6% YoY
Germany = +1.1% YoY
France = +1.0% YoY

GDP is beating important rivals, second-lowest state debt in the whole G7, unemployment is at a record low, everyone who wants one has a job, house prices are up.

Brexit is performing better than expected.

Above all, it's time to move on from the Brexit debate. Stop subverting democracy and *the will of the people* in the biggest democratic vote the UK has ever seen in 1000 years.

Brexit won. Remainers lost. It is as simple as that. The world moves on. Time for you to move on.

UK GDP grew a positive +2.4% YoY in the latest month of Sep 2022.

This was above consensus expectations for a +2.1% YoY number.

UK is performing better than expected -- even in the face of a worldwide inflation, covid and war onslaught.

Lloyds should be expanding and buying financial / fintech firms in mega-economies of the longterm future, like Canada or Australia. Lloyds shouldn't be faffing around with old-fashioned buybacks or dividends.

Next week looks grim. There looks to be huge (needless) taxes on acquired wealth coming down the pipeline. The golden age of saving and investing is drawing to a close.

..."whilst the planet burns, people starve and island communities sink under the waves"...

Don't forget UFO invasions from outer space, 5G chemtrails, and the Bermuda Triangle. It's a scary world out there.

..."Funny market. People got money to fly... IAG up. People got money for quality food, MKS up. People don't have money to pay mortgages haha"...

Sadly, the UK is trapped in a vortex of artificial hysteria agitated by the extremist far-left across media and social media.

The IMF says the UK economy is the fastest-growing in the entire global G7, the second-lowest debt in the G7, near-zero unemployment, everyone who wants one has a job, rising wages, rising house prices, and inflation forecasted back to 2% trend within 12-18 months. But pretty much all you'll hear in the press is CRISIS and EMERGENCY and RECESSION. The inflated artificial hysteria (sadly) drives the populist narrative. Nobody seems able to break the hysterical cycle of doom.

The trend for the LLOY share price in the short, mid and long term is clearly (and unrelentingly) "down"...

1 year = -15%
5 years = -35%
15 years = -85%
25 years = -90%

Dorf

Yup, we're all red now.

Sadly, yes, the war on wealth is both a Tory and Labour attack. We in the UK are in a new era of pseudo-communism.

The top 1% of workers already pay an astonishing 30% of all income tax in the UK. The raid now moves on to our wealth, cash assets, and retirement cash. Tax your active income. Now tax your passive wealth.

Everyone reading this here -- presumably invested in the stockmarket -- will be hit...

The UK ISA allowance has already shrunk -25% in real terms in the past 6 years, due to fiscal drag. This is basically a huge stealth tax. We've got more CGT tax, more inheritance tax, more pension tax on the way before Xmas. Tax on tax on tax. The war on wealth is stepping up another level.

..."Brexit has failed"...

Don't be so sure.

The IMF says the UK is the fastest-growing economy in the entire G7 worldwide. UK has the second lowest debt in the G7. EU exports sit at a record high. Unemployment is near a record low, half the EU rate. Meanwhile, EU migration has halved, as many voters wanted, in the biggest democratic vote by the people in all of UK history. UK wages are growing at their fastest rate for years. UK has once again regained its confidence on the global stage, particularly in Ukraine and Asia Pacific (e.g. big Aussie submarine win, poached from France). The Queen's funeral was watched by 4 billion, the most-watched event that global mankind has ever seen in the past 1 million years.

Brexit is better than you think. And it is still early days.

Brexit politics aside, don't think anyone should be surprised by govt waste. It's what they do. That ~£60b Covid overspend is just a tiny drop in the bucket. Know a contractor who gets paid £100 per light to change a lightbulb. Know a recruiter who made £10,000 for sourcing a locum for a bank-holiday weekend. Know someone who spent 50-80% of their working day playing computer games. The waste goes on and on. It is nothing new.