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G-boy. STP is obviously a grown up. You don’t ask questions like that to people who are mature adults. It’s ‘nunya’. How about you? Are you going to do A Levels after you finish your GCSEs?

Bloomers - I’m not sure the language you are using is ‘inclusive’. I don’t think you’re allowed to call anyone ‘sub-normal’. I feel you are belittling the difference that I have and so I may have to report you.

B Oolmers - 😂. LoL!!

G-boy - Lol!😂

MV - The answer is to have a solar system with battery back up, and with planning permission you can also get a wind turbine for your back garden too - or even better get together with your community and get a larger wind turbine. That way you aren't so dependent on the national grid being reliavel. And in fact can find yourself selling electricity back to the grid.

But I have to admit, here in the UK, our power supply is pretty reliable. Where do you live?

Bloomers- Are you saying that India is third world? You know they've got a space programme, right?

Bloomers. I'm glad you have a job. Well done!

MV - Ah! The apostrophe and the difference between your and you're.

It's the difference between knowing your sh*t and knowing you're sh*t

Investing £330m is different to lending £330m. I am saying a number of things:

a - I do not have £330m to lend you. If I was that rich, I would not be here chatting with you.

b - Are you planning to use the money to move out of your parents' house. It's a good idea to go out and stand on your own two feet. I can provide an interest free loan for a fiver if you wish.

c - Investing £330m is different to lending £330m. It's perhaps too complicated for you to understand, so let's not worry about it.

d - The anonymous random person on the internet (the sort of source of information that you believe) said "Investing in India's development with £330M is basically like hitting the jackpot with a £500M return! Talk about a good investment! 😎💰 #ShowMeTheMoney"". So that should be enough to prove to you that the UK has got £500m back for a £330m investment. 500 is more than 330, so it is a GOOD deal.

Hope that helps buddy!

Anyway, what do you need £330m for? Are you planning to move out of your parents' house?

Don't be ridiculous Boollmers. If I had £330m I wouldn't be here would I! Like, duh!!!!!!

Blooers - This is what they wrote: "Investing in India's development with £330M is basically like hitting the jackpot with a £500M return! Talk about a good investment! 😎💰 #ShowMeTheMoney""

Bloomers- there's a random anonymous person on X who says there is £500m returning for definite. It's exactly the sort of source of information that you seem to believe. Why believe what a government minister says? This one is better. Look - here: https://www.hootsuite.com/social-media-tools/ai-tweet-generator?srsltid=AfmBOooiq_w2at8aNnCtzpDMhRMJAF2oq5xlI3dYIq3fYJf9iTi4vCox

Bloomers - Maybe I can find an anonymous random on X who will explain where the £500m will come from to pay back the £230m with interest in the next five years? Would you like that?

I'm glad we're back to matters that are core to understanding the state of Lloyds Bank!

Hey - the river where I go fishing has got some Tesco trollies dumped in there. That's is also core to prospects of Lloyds bank! Isn't that right bloomers, g-boy, MV? What do you think of that? It's the Wandle in Croydon.

Bloomers - I can find an anonymous random on X who will say the same thing . The UK Government Minister is quoting figures from the Office of National Statistics, and was open to scrutiny from the oppostion at the time - an opposition who would like nothing better than to discredit the Minister. So shall I find a random, anonymous person on X? Do you trust them more?

Bloomers - Read what the minister said. It's business. You invest in a partner to secure future business. For the UK. I'm not sure I can break it down for you more. Either you understand or you don't I guess.

This is what Tory minister for foreign affairs said in Jan 2024, which explains what the money is used for (essentially to help UK businesses). It's easy to find. It takes less than a minute. You could try looking things up before asking us on this board. I'm guessing you're old, lonely and have nothing better to do. It's a bit sad mate.

"The British Government stopped providing traditional development aid to India in 2015. Most UK funding to India is in the form of investments in priority areas like climate change. These investments have the dual aims of supporting development and backing private enterprises with the potential to be commercially viable, creating new partners, markets and jobs for the UK as well as India. They also generate returns which the British Government can reinvest in India or elsewhere. To date we have invested £330 million and over £100 million has been returned. We expect to get all our investments back over time."

Well, it's only been a week since the trading update. Ha ha ha, that's when I bought, expecting a wave of positive sentiment to head this way. Perhaps a little too early move on my part. It's going to take around three months for news to materialise, at least. Still, the chart is going in an upward direction. The company has got over it's "too many academics/too few business heads" phase and is now on a steady course towards financial viability. Andrew Rapson, the CFO, is perhaps the most important person on the board at the moment, given the past financial trials of Apta. Reassuringly, you can see that he steered his previous company (a property company) through the trials of Covid, to ultimately justly reward shareholders. I'm still feeling this is a good, good bet, regardless of the thin market pushing the SP down. It's retail and not reflective of what is actually going on with the company as far as I can see. The timing of the sales this morning suggest it is a single holder that is selling (they're all clumped together in the space of a couple of minutes. Perhaps via frustration after holding for some time? Perhaps profit taking after buying at 0.7p? Who knows? But ultimately, there is more likelihood of good news on the way rather than bad news, so it's still good to hold.

Gateboy - with 90 different investments, this is virtually the only board you are on? Hardly believable! Are you counting your Nationwide Junior Saving account in that basked of 90! And your house/flat/shipping container? Lol!!! Have a look at Antony901's post - it's current and relevant. So one may believe it is about Lloyds. Posts about people crossing the channel on boats - it's whining and irrelevant. Anyway, it's pointless trying to discuss with you. You obviously have plenty of time on your hands and don't really care to get to any point. You know the posts you are posting aren't relevant to Lloyds. You are just having a good time whining and don't care about the quality of posts here. It's your way or the highway, right?