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The UK has a increasingly delusional view of itself on the Global stage . The promise and vision laid out by our so called politicians of a post Brexit political and economic resurgent UK is likely to fall flat.

Despite the current low share price valuation and a margin of safety on offer. The prospects for the Lloyds share price still remains uncertain, and will be susceptible to weakness until the Brexit process reaches its final climax.

Income increased 15.4%, but the all important NIMs dropped again to 1.93% from 2.12% last year hence the drop in the share price.

RBS need to fix the problems with their Net Interest Margins or earnings are likely to come under further considerable pressure in the future causing a serious impediment for the bank's profitability.

Troajan. George Osborne is too compromised to edit the London Evening Standard. and represents a serious conflict of interest across his own personal spectrum of business and political standing . All journalism features a certain degree of economic and political bias but his blatent attempt to remove Theresa May through his outright editorial control of London Evening Standard " beggers belief ".

JMO. George Osborne is certainly relishing his job as editor of the London Evening Standard since being sacked by Theresa May.

German, French and Spanish banks are feeling the heat over Italian bond and debt fears. Italys ECB debt now stands at 500 Billion + Euros. The ECB now have very little headroom or firepower left to continue its present Italian bond purchasing program and could soon push Europe to the brink of another serious economic crisis. Brexit may soon turnout to be the least of the European Union's current economic and political problems.

Improving asset quality and stable NIMs will be at the front of investor's minds tomorrow, and will be the crucial key performance drivers for a forward going future share price, and the eventual return of the Bank to full private ownership again.

Appropriate and logical course of action for the bank to take, and a huge further boost to the fundamentals, it will certainly make markets sit up and take notice, and start treating this share seriously again.

" wage growth at strongest level for nearly a decade" ! When taking account of inflation in real terms wage growth increased by just 0.6 % and still remain £12 a week lower than a decade ago.

The UK economy is increasingly run fear and uncertainty, low wage growth, zero hour contracts and part-time work, tax credit handouts. A real " bargain basement " economy in the making.

Share price reacting predictably to the flow and ebb of the Brexit negotiations. There is now a strong possibility the share price could revisit levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the 2016 Referendum Vote.

Investors are going to need to hold their nerve, through the coming days and weeks, and put their faith and trust in polticians on both sides to reach a satisfactory and successful conclusion to the negotiations and avoid a hard Brexit.

maldim, We live in a rapidly changing world,embrace technological innovation or be left behind.

utrickytrees. Half of all UK banknotes are used to fund the 200 billion UK shadow economy, the treasury is losing more than £40 billion a year in tax evasion.

We now live in a digital era of electronic money and contactless card payments. Coins and paper / plastic currency will soon be a thing of the past. The only people who will bemoan the ending off physical money are those who operate in the UK shadow economy eg. Drug dealers, prostitution, fraud and HRMC tax evasion.

Financial markets are in control of Barclays share price not Jes Staley. All UK banking share prices are under pressure and will remain, until there is a succesful conclusion to the Brexit negotiations and a deal is signed of with the European Union.

Troajan. Whats new ! Self -deluded chart techies predicting the unpredictable again. Listen to these guys is a sure - fire way to lose your money.

Good news almost £500 million profit after purchasing the Exhibition Centre for £307 million from Birmingham City Council in 2015.

Now the bad news, Executives who run Lloyds Banking Group private equity arm could collect a windfall for themselves of more than £100 million pounds from the sale of the Exhibition Centre,

The world we now live in has become increasingly well - connected and integrated. The Brexit vote has exposed deep socioeconomic fractures in British society. Indentity politics has now taken hold as never before. The white working class and the minority - ethnic working class are not enemies, they are companions in the fight against economic and social inequality.

Right decision by Lloyds to split the mandate between BlackRock and Schroders.

The FED are moving to fast with interest - rate increases, it will inevitably lead to a dent in American Corporate Earnings and a strain on domestic household budgets. Rate-setters at the BOE will be keeping a close eye on the situation before any further withdrawal of UK monetary stimulus and future interest rate increases are implemented.

FED. Inspired global sell -off has rattled markets, FTSE may now be entering correction territory. Short trading positions are now the order of the day until market conditions begin to hold steady again.