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Another costly lesson learn't, and funded by the UK taxpayer.

Western politicians, stop interfering and meddling in other people's conflicts and wars !

Bitcoin at fresh highs $116.000 Dollars.

Rolls Royce touching £10 a share, Market Cap £82.55Bn.

Some stocks are crazy expensive right now !

A possible merger with Toronto - listed Meren Energy has now been terminated !

All part of the Trump plan for the Middle - East !

People may have to start to declaring ISA savings and dividend income to HRMC in order not to breach the suggested £35000 qualifying limit !

Will probably qualify and be distributed through individual HRMC tax assements, the wife qualifies for the payment, I don't .

Lloyds current share price level broadly in line with peer sector stocks, however this could change soon with the upcoming Supreme Court decision on car finance compensation !

In line with diminishing interest rates investors should expect to receive lower annualised returns on their bonds, nevertheless they are still a safe tax - free refuge and out of the taxmans grasp especially for higher rate taxpayers.

Bloomers

The largest underlying cause of large wholesale gas spreads is the UKs limited gas storage capacity compared to EU countries which makes it difficult to stockpile reserves in times of low international gas prices or supply disruptions resulting in differential price gaps with EU countries.

Charles

The UK still gets around 50% of its annual gas supply from it's own North Sea reserves, the Government of the day can do very little to address the actual cost of wholesale natural gas, as such UK gas consumers will always be at the mercy of Global market forces on price, supply and demand. Some may argue like Labour, that we must break free and escape from international energy markets and fast - track the transition to renewables and make the UK a clean hombased independent energy supplier for the future.

Skier

Agree, political interference and new powers given to financial regulators are still the biggest risks for the UK banking sector !

STP

Hopefully only another brief blip and a lot of unhelpful market noise, financial markets have little options other than to take Trump tariffs in stride.

Beginning to turn ugly !

LTI

Yes banks should benefit from structural hedging over the next years if interest rates continue to fall, however there is no guarantee new contracts will reprice at current levels or what the future financial landscape will look like. I for one will not be making any future investment decisions purely based on bank - level hedging activities.

Bloomers

Yes exactly my thoughts, better to deploy the Royal Navy and Marines in the English Channel rather than trying to annoy the Chinese in the Indian Ocean.

No doubt, positive market sentiment and investor emotion are moving the shares higher, but do the bank current fundamentals stack - up and support an even higher share valuation of Lloyds ?

Judging by the size and present state of our armed forces, does the UK really need a long - standing maritime presence in the Indian Ocean ?

For a few more !

Pensioners who have worked hard all their lives and paid their National Insurance contributions and have a small private pension or large savings in the bank will still not qualify for Winter Fuel Payment.

A decisive U -turn by Starmer, with the intention of splitting the Pensioner opposition against Labour.

A lot of froth beginning to appear in the sector, almost to a point where high market sentiment and investor expectations precedes basic fundamental valuation metrics.

Alarm bells are beginning to ring in his own Republican Party, his reasoning and mental capabilities appear to faltering in a very dangerous way !