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The EU has over 150 billion dollar trade surplus with the US buying a few more soya beans ain't gonna calm Trump down.
This has got further to run yet.

All views welcome.
I don't filter anyone, but I don't read every post either.

Trump, Juncker Announce Deal Pulling Back From U.S.-EU Trade War
President Donald Trump reached an agreement Wednesday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker aimed at averting a transatlantic trade war, easing tensions stoked by Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on car imports.

You can always find him over on glen.

Maybe there will be an announcement at the forthcoming intrims for additional purchases.

Disregard my former post the WiFi here is a bit patchy.

You have natural increase, you can plan housing to some extent. When an additional 250,000+ are added annually on top of the normal natural increase what chance has anybody got, government or otherwise.
If housing of its people is a government (local or central) responsibility, do you just mean social housing?

Another 8% drop today so far, more of this until the election is over and more waiting after.

Maybe this was the reason for Friday's drop.

It's looking more like Kallak or nothing for BEM, but that's been my view all along.

As if we haven't enough trouble in Sweden, now the Finn's are starting to rear up.

Nature conservationists voice concerns about graphite mine slated for eastern Finland
Finland's nature conservation association says a proposed graphite mine in Heinävesi could potentially contaminate the water.

A British mining company's exploration of a graphite deposit in the South Savo municipality of Heinävesi has local residents and environmental groups worried about the potentially harmful wastewater effluent and dust emissions of a possible mine.

Jouni Nissinen from the Finnish Association of Nature Conservation told Yle on Friday morning that he is worried about possible contamination from the chemicals used in the graphite extraction process and the mine's wastewater effluent.

"A lot of different chemicals would be used in the mining process. An added problem in Heinävesi would be acid rock drainage: the possibility that acidic sulfide minerals and cancer-causing arsenic and asbestos would leach into the wastewater from the black shale bedrock that exists in the area," he said.

Nissinen told Yle that he is assuming the potential mine would be an open pit variety.

Satisfying increasing demand for lithium ion batteries
Beowulf Mining's flagship project is the Kallak magnetite iron ore mine in northern Sweden, but it is also exploring three other base metal deposits in Sweden and five graphite deposits – Heinävesi included – in Finland.

Beowulf discovered the graphite prospect in Heinävesi's Aitolampi district in 2016. In 2017 eight holes were drilled to test it, confirming wide zones of graphite mineralization. The produced concentrates were dispatched to Germany for further testing to determine their marketability and potential applications..

The mining company says the deposit's chemical and physical properties were very promising and would be conducive for use in the manufacture of lithium ion batteries and other applications.

Sub 5p and heading into the summer recess.

Don't know what all the fuss is about, the EU have used the Irish border issue to stonewall trade negotiations.
People forget Sinn Féin are anti Europe they would rather Eire leave like we're going to.
Anyone who thinks nothing gets stopped on the Irish border needs to do a bit more research.

5 years ;-)
Got time on my side :-)
Suff, don't live your life as if you've got a thousand years to live, just saying.

"Like I said, last one to leave the UK, switch off the lights"
Great that'll just leave all the indigenous citizens. Don't worry about us we'll be fine we're from the United Kingdom, we'll watch from this side of the channel as the EU implodes.

2cv do you want to be an offshore state of a federal Europe?

Seems Lloyds average is lower than my current, but I've taken profits plus the divi, just saying.

LONDON (Reuters) - European Union countries will suffer long-term damage equivalent to about 1.5 percent of annual economic output if Britain leaves the bloc without a free trade deal next year, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.
The EU's lost economic output in the case of no deal would cost the bloc around $250 billion (192.52 billion pounds), according to Reuters calculations based on the IMF's estimate of the size of the EU economy excluding Britain this year.
Lost employment could total 0.7 percent of the EU workforce, or more than a million jobs.
Ireland would be worst hit due to its close trade ties with Britain, followed by the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Germany would also suffer due to industrial supply chains.
Britain has argued it is in the EU's economic interest to take a flexible approach to Brexit, while the EU is concerned not to set a precedent of allowing a country to leave but retain the aspects of EU membership it finds beneficial.
Some British lawmakers say the country should leave the EU and trade on World Trade Organization terms - the IMF's 'no deal' scenario - if the EU makes too few concessions.
The IMF said its study showed a bigger negative impact on the EU from Brexit than some previous work, because it modelled the disruption to manufacturing supply chains as well as effect of tariffs and reduced financial services trade.

Calm down mick you were getting too excited about this vote, there will be plenty more twists and turns to come on this Brexit lark.
At this moment in time the customs union is not an option.

"You will never see £3"
JMO if the Lloyds buybacks continue, why not?
Theoretically it's possible, and that's without consolidation.

Paul if your long on Lloyds as your name suggests ever thought that Brexit and this political claptrap is the reason we've been in this downtrend.