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ERV1
The " Soverign Grant " only accounts for one part of the total cost of running the Monarchy, it does not include or factor in lost revenue from the two Duchies, security costs met by local councils and police forces and many more hidden costs running into tens of millions of pounds annually.

The estimated total true cost of the Monarchy to the UK taxpayer is around £345M annually.

The Monarchy continues to enjoy broad support from the Nation, this is likely to change once the Queen is gone, the Monarchy will then have a succesion problem.

British social attitudes today, rich, poor, young, old.
Same divide, different values.
Nothing will ever change !

Bumble1968

Some may say in the music industry, the "Sex Pistols " 1977 anti - monarchist anthem "God Save the Queen " is one of the most iconic and important " Punk " songs ever written, and still has the abilty to rattle the establishment 45 years on.

The Irish economy has rebounded strongly from the Pandemic, despite Ukraine and Brexit woe's economic momentum is set to continue.

Irelands GDP will grow by 5.2% this year and by 5% in 2023, inflation will average 5.7% and 2.7 over the next two years the International Monetary Fund forecasts.

Market capitulation and negative sentiment fears stalking the market maybe, but we're not there just yet.

A huge confluence of intertwining factors including Brexit, persistant high inflation, interest rate hikes, Ukraine and China are all compounding, and slowing economic global growth rates.

Having said that, there are still huge opportunities out there for investors to generate returns, though they need to be more selective when picking stocks.

Oh Yes, Don't forget to factor in Boris and his merry band of fellow sleazy tory MPs.

FTSE and Lloyds share price beginning to wilt.
Barclays and NWG holding up remarkable well at the moment.

Lloyds penny stock ?

UK penny stocks typically have market capitalisations under £100M and are usually listed on the AIM market, however there are currently three FTSE100 constitutents who are currently trading below 100P per share and fall into the penny stock status.

Lloyds.
ITV.
Rolls Royce.

Reward farmers fairly and the UK can feed itself.

The UK is already largely self - sufficient in the production of grains producing over 100% of domestic consumption of oats and barley and over 90% of wheat.

MVarawa

The odds are still firmly stacked against Ukraine, Putin is well prepared for a " prolonged conflict " of attrition.

Don't believe what you read in the media, the balance of military manpower and assets is overwhelmingly in Russia's favour.

Pint glasses aren't made in the UK anymore ( France ) all glasses manufactured in the EU must still bear the European CE mark somewhere on the glass.

Who care's anyway, as long as the glass is full to the brim of quality decent tasting beer !

After months of floundering the Russian Bear is now fully awake, limitless troop numbers and military assets will now surley out last Ukraines valiant resistance.

Housing shortage !

Latest Government data released, show there are over 288 thousand properties in England and Wales that have been sitting empty for six months or more.

Troajan

Sunack has opened the floodgates, who is next ?

Gary59
Both banks have their good and bad points, if you are unsure like you say split the 10k between them.

Brixton

Time running out for NWG, trimming HMGs 48% stake in the business must take priority over dividend growth before the next General Election.

GroundHogDay

Lloyds shunned, or simply overlooked by the City.

Fundamental analysis value of a company is a better measure for long - term investors.

But price matters most, to Day Traders and City Institutions.

Walkersworld

LGEN, Wise decision ( bear in mind your entry price )

They have a good economic sustainable business model supported by strong competitive positioning in attractive and growing markets and excellent historic dividend track record and near the top of the FTSE100 for high dividend yields, also future potential takeover target for American based private equity groups.

Walkersworld

Insurers certainly have the edge over Banks, they are mainly composed of relatively illiquid liabilities that protect Insurers against the risk of rapid liquidity shortages and potential systemic risk of financial contagion that often confront Banks in times of financial uncertainty.

TheFarEnd

Increased speculation over a windfall tax ( popular with the UK electorate ) has certainly put the kibosh on the CNA share price this morning.

Investors should take note, the greatest risk now facing the UK banking sector is not Financial, but Political Interference and tighter Regulation.