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Referendums are not like General Elections exercising the democratic right to select leaders, instead they are voting on Governmental specialist information way beyond what could be reasonably expected of the ordinary person.

UK politics has become a very British farce. Brexit can be reversed, if democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.

The risk of a no-deal Brexit continues to recede further for UK focused banks. Investor confidence in the banking sector is now gradually returning, Lloyds share price up 25% since the beginning of the year. " long may it continue" ! .

Extension to Article 50 is now almost inevitable. Parliament have failed miserably to deliver Brexit, there is now no other alternative left, but to put it back to the public in a people's vote to sought out this appalling mess Parliament have made of Brexit.

The public will eventually kill of Brexit through boredam and frustration, Parliament needs to focus again on education, hospitals, welfare and policing or this terrible Brexit nightmare will go on forever.

40% of Irish exports to the European Continent transit across the UK, via ports such as Dover, Hull or via the Channel Tunnel. Any kind of breakdown posed by the failure to reach a Brexit agreement could have a huge impact not just on Ireland's trade with the UK, but also on Ireland's trade with the rest of the EU block countries.

Windpower and solar costs continue to fall, However further advances in cutting - edge clean coal technology may mean coal still has an essential part to play in the UK future energy mix .

The only sensible way out of the Brexit saga is for Parliament to assume responsibility and revoke Article 50, or face the brutal economic reality of Brexit.

calisto. High street Bricks and Mortar banks have now sadly, had their day in today's digital banking and online world.

The first cashless pub and resturant opens its doors in Cumbria next month with many more to follow no doubt.

There is always an increase in market volatility before the real sell-off begins, and the possibilty of a Bear market emerges. UK / EU Brexit brinkmanship down to the line will ensure this process continues, resulting in wild swings in share prices.

Agree algorithmic trading strategy rules the day, probably the reason why Lloyds have hired market proven trading platforms UBS and Morgan Stanley to conduct the buyback programme.

Bruce . There is always a " silver lining" for share buybacks in times of market turmoil. The Brexit question will increase market volatility and we are likely to experience a major prolonged sell-off, particularly in UK financial stocks, therefore for this reason i would expect the share buyback programme to be substantially ramped up to reflect the situation.

Another 11.5 million daily share buyback. Unlike the previous 2018 programme, they are adopting a more cautious approach to the current share purchase programme and we unlikley to see any daily mega buybacks we saw in 2018 until periods of prolonged volatility returns to the market.

Latest breaking news report. Strong possibility of BMW shifting production from UK to Austria because of Brexit.

Black Horse Motor Finance is currently performing " in line with expectations " despite cautious underwriting of contracts keeping margins contained in both new and used vehicle segments. Impairments are slightly down from previous years and a further extension to the finance partnership with Jaguar Land Rover agreed until at least 2020.

A dangerous precedent is being set here. Brexit voting vilification is encouraging a generation of young people to stereotype older people with serious unforseen consequences in the future.

john46. That would lead to a toxic mix of low interest rates and higher inflation, and would not be well recieved on the international money lending markets and could lead to a further downgrade in the UK sovereign debt rating.

fleccy. The UK housing bubble is a direct result of a decade long BOE loose monetary policy and cheap supply of money to the banking system. Sooner than later BOE monetary policy will have to be tightend and will inevitably lead to higher interest rates.

A housing crash may be a opportunity for a few lucky young people to climb on to the housing ladder who are in well paid full- time employment, providing they can keep their jobs long enough to get a mortgage, and the bank's willing to lend money to them.

fleccy. There are over one million households in the UK containing EU citizens, any sudden Brexit related mass exodus of these EU workers could lead to a significant impact on UK house prices, particularly in the buy to let market resulting in many landlords going bust and leading to an almost certain knock- on effect of prices in the domestic housing market.

LEVIS. Agree The Euro currency is skewed in favour of Germany. Germany's economic policies and planning play a major part of the Eurozone's problems. If Germany was to adopt a more expansionary fiscal and wage policy a lot of pressure would shifted away from Eurozone debtor countries.

Oxo sailed past the Blohm & Voss shipyards Hamburg on one of my many jaunt's to the ST.Pauli infamous reeperbahn weekends many years ago.

LEVIS. The UK could learn a lot from Germany's long - term industrial strategy and productivity levels. Germany's small and medium - sized companies are the envy of the world and the backbone of the German economy, and put the welfare of their employees over company profits.