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Who's telling the real truth on the Ukraine and Gaza conflict, do we have a free and independent media in the West and UK, the truth is we don't, the truth is you are all being fed lies propaganda, misinformation and fake news in our dangerous and increasing unpredictable World.

A revamp of the Black Horse logo to reflect the new modern age of digital online banking, " it is what it is " really nothing else to say on the subject.

Luckylurker

Be careful, Oil stocks are cheap for a reason, crude oil prices are on shaky ground as Global oil demand continues to slow particular in China and the US where consumer confidence is at a three year low and comes at a time when Saudi Arabia prepares to ramp oil production to preserve market share against a backdrop of growing non - OPEC oil production from the US Canada, Guyana and Brazil.

Despite geopolitical tensions remaining high in the Middle - East, the Global economic outlook looks very uncertain and is expected to keep the lid on crude oil prices for the foreseeable future. Good Luck with your new investment.

Eightyeight

Middle - East politics and affairs are very complex and hard to comprehend especially for interfering western politicians and Governments who are trying to dictate their foreign policy direction and goals in the Arab World and beyond.

America and their Israeli puppet leader Benjamin Netanyahu are the root cause of this war and wider conflict in the Middle - East, until Netanyahu is removed from power there will be no lasting peace or a creation of a UN brokered two -state solution acceptable to both sides which should help to bring peace and stability to the region.

LTI

Of course petrol cars will still be available and driven after 2030, anyone buying a brand new petrol car in the run up the anticipated cut of date for petrol driven cars will have to think very carefully about the future residual value of the car, same problem applies for car leasing companies as well, like you say the laws of supply and demand will determine the final

outcome for petrol driven cars on UK roads.

Gunsup

Appears to be very much the case.

Both British and Foreign iconic motoring brands are already disappearing from our roads.

" a sad state of affairs "

Antony

Transition to all electric cars does appear to be temporarily stalling in some segments of the market, nevertheless with improving battery technology UK and Global manufacturers are still firmly on track for an all electric car future. British car company Jaguar swiftly followed by Lotus will only manufacture all - electric cars from 2025 onwards.

The eventual ban on petrol and diesel cars will be a personal tragedy for myself, being a proud owner of a rare vintage car and i like to showboat the car several times a year at classic and vintage car shows throughout Cumbria and North West England. I sincerely hope they will be some kind of exemption for these particular types of vehicles, otherwise my car is destined for the scrapyard or museum.

MVarawa

New car buyer's and motor vehicle manufacturers will decide the ultimate fate of petrol/diesel driven cars in the UK, not Miliband and Labour. Latest SMMT new vehicle and manufacturing data suggest UK market share ( year to date 2024 ) petrol driven cars 50.7% and diesel a very low 6.1%.

The transition to manufacturing all electric passenger vehicles is now unstoppable and will be completed well before 2030, it will simply become uneconomical for manufacturers to produce combustion driven engines and eventually for supermarket forecourts to stock diesel and petrol fuel.

The doomsday clock ticks ever closer to midnight.

Today the UK is a depressing place to live in.

Will somebody please rewind the clock back for me to the happy carefree days of the 60s and 1970s when the UK was rich in cultural and economic prosperity, and a proud country for all citizens to live in !

Antony

A lot more money swirling around financial markets back in the day, preferences have also shifted strongly in favour of new Tech - Stocks leaving traditional banking sector stocks strongly out of favour with investors. The rise of alternative investment opportunities such as cryptocurrency trading won't have helped the market either.

Seany

At a time when the Lloyds was facing a new - wave of multi billion pound payment protection insurance claims ( PPI ) claims.

It certainly highlights the extent to which the UK banking landscape has dramatically changed since 2015.

What could possibly go wrong ?

Keep to what you know best.......... Banking !

STP

" now winter payment can go to the needy "

I take it you referring to pension credit recipient's, who have never saved or contributed to a pension scheme and spend all their days in Wetherspoons and have numerous holidays each year in Benidorm !

Will Labour MP Diane Abbot pull another sickie and miss today's showdown House of Commons vote on universal winter fuel payments as she has previously done so on the crucial two -child benfit cap and Brexit Article 50 vote ?

Make sure you name and shame your local MP who abstains or votes for the winter fuel allowance to be cut !

Controversial as it may seem, the only viable solution available is to bring in the Royal Navy and Marines to police the English Channel and send the boats back to France from where they came.

Primetime

The government are likely to loose this weeks vote on universal winter fuel payments, they may well have to take a second look at banking sector profits to make up for the treasury loss in an attempt shore up the £22billion black hole in the public finances.

Dusterinmong " fear not " Labour will be coming for a very big slice of UK banking sector profits in one form or another ?

Hard to see share price breaching the current resistance level of around ( 60p ) there is still a lot of underlying weakness and uncertainty out there in both the sector and wider financial markets. Setting aside banking competition and margin squeeze worries, UK focused banks have all seen their recent share price uptrends stall in recent weeks, as usual they are all highly dependent on the UK economy and consumer / business spending.

Mararab

WE can't complain Lloyds shares have had a stellar run so far this year ( albeit from a low level ) and have easily outperformed the wider index by a considerable wide margin.

fleccy

Ukraine's cross border incursion into Russia with no real strategic objectives in mind will only take much needed troops and western supplied military equipment away from the main already strained Ukrainian fighting frontlines, so called bargaining chips will be pretty ineffective in this war. Putin will never negotiate over the disputed Donbass regions of Eastern Ukraine no matter what the eventual cost in economic terms and lives lost will be.