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"Of course it is a tempting target to a government that has bankrupted the nation."
Gazzleberry, who not only agrees with this, he must be psychic.
Any government that has bankrupted the nation. They haven't been elected yet!
The SNP are doing a better job than anyone at present, but if labour get elected gawd help us.

In normal times perhaps, but this is the left brigade and their organisations, you won't hear this from the opposition, not yet anyway.
But if the labour rabble get the keys to no 10, watch out.
They will say this is nothing new it's been talked about for years, it's how they work.
One way or another they'll make you poorer permanently.

compared with the same month in 2021, slowing from October's revised 12.4% rise.
London saw the lowest annual increase of all English regions with prices up 6.3%, the ONS said.

"restricting rate rise to 0.25%" but the strikes continue. If they keep holding off it'll make these pay claims look somewhat exorbitant.

10.5% slight reduction.

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz told us he’s “absolutely convinced” Germany won’t fall into recession this year. He said he still feels “Hamiltonian” about deeper EU fiscal integration.
Had to look that bit up….government-assisted economic development.
Apparently they've still got plenty of money left.

Now that the government plans to add Scotland to their list of countries in which Gender Recognition Certificates are not automatically recognised. The move is designed to prevent gender tourism. This means a trans person could be simultaneously recognised in Scotland and not in England and Wales
This could create some convoluted cross-border hokey cokey, where a person was a man just metres away from being a legal woman depending which side of the border you are.

"And now we are supporting the transgender on their journey" very nobel Gazzleberry but this Section 35 is about age I believe.
Half of today's politicians don't know what a woman is and won't describe one, for fear of upsetting the woke idiots.
Another legacy of Blair's devolution.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced Wednesday that it will keep its monetary policy unchanged, leaving the short-term interest rate target at negative -0.1%. The institution also said it will keep its 10-year JGB yield target around 0%, as it was in December.
Deflation and continuously falling growth rates, and the west thought they invented QE.
They've been struggling for over 20 years.

"More base rate rises needed"
I'll drink to that Lti.

Banning commission-based sales of financial products from banks and insurers would be a "serious setback" to the European Union's capital market and limit choice for consumers, Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has said.
EU financial services chief Mairead McGuinness set out last month a detailed case in favour of banning "inducements", or commission paid by a bank or insurer to financial advisers who have sold their products.
In a letter to a member of the European Parliament, McGuinness said a ban in the Netherlands, and outside the EU in Britain, led to cheaper products for customers, adding no decision had been taken on proposing an EU-wide ban.

If it's cheaper for the consumer it's a no-brainer. If you want advice you have a choice if you want to pay for it. You want to best for your needs not the one that makes the most comission.
Such is the pace of the EU, they will still be talking about this in another five years.

The U.K. labor market stayed stronger than expected in December, with the number of benefit claimants rising only moderately
At the same time, wage growth in November, the last month for which data are available, grew more strongly than expected, rising 6.4% on the year

It all comes down to your version of wealthy.
This report has stated that £100k in an ISA account deems you wealthy. Gazzleberry agrees with that and hasn't got a problem with it.
I would think that most others who contribute here would differ.
This essentially is the root difference between the two major parties.
One tries to create wealth and the other will spend it.

FTSE, broadly a 'flat' opening this morning.

This is the thin end of the wedge, an absolute disaster from the left. They think anyone with ISA savings of £100k is wealthy.
A scheme set up to help the responsible as an additional savings vehicle and they want a cap on it.
Where would Labour's assault on the hard working people of this country end.
You have been warned they'll take everything you have if you're deemed not to be poor, and that bar will be lowered very quickly if they get the reins.
Nothing will be safe, not even your pension, unless you're claiming benefits, everything and everyone will be means tested.

I expect a somewhat reduced input on this Lloyds BB this week. This is due to the above forum happening in Davos and the attendance of some of our know it alls.
The agenda includes such things as the threat of natural disasters and extreme weather events, geo-economic confrontation and failure to mitigate climate change. Not forgetting of course the cost-of-living crisis, of which we have many opinionated experts who regularly impart their knowledge here.
Enjoy your week in Switzerland, you may get educated during your visit and realise the government of the day is not responsible for all life's ills.

The app layout looks the same, I've had no problems with it. Never use the website for a trade.

What does it mean when someone repeats the same thing over and over?
The person's repetitive questions may suggest both a need for information and an emotional need. Repeated stories often represent highly significant memories. The person may repeat themselves because they want to communicate and cannot find anything else to say.
Dementia perhaps?

It's only a laugh Darth, don't take things too seriously. (•_•)

Blimey that was a surprise, just as I thought everyone was bullish with 50p + insight, along comes Darth again. He only turns up in a downturn but he didn't disappoint quoting a BBC article. Let's face it the doomsters at the BBC align perfectly with DT's overall perspective.
Then there's good old dependable Machiismo, who can't quite bring himself to admit that perhaps the UK is not as bad as he's been making out.
But this made me chuckle, 11 post's in a row all filtered ffs.
Surely that's your fault, why the ffs?
Enjoy the ride folks and never be frightened to take a profit.

According to J.P. Morgan's second annual U.K. Business Leaders Outlook survey released today nearly three-in-four (74%) U.K. midsize business leaders are planning to grow in the year ahead by either adding to or maintaining their current headcount,
Coupled with the fact that at last the EU is starting to see sense…. This from Bloomberg.

The European Union and the UK are preparing to enter an intense phase of negotiations starting next week aimed at overcoming the dispute over the post-Brexit trading relationship well ahead of the anniversary of Northern Ireland’s peace agreement in April, according to people familiar with the matter.
The aim is to move into a negotiating “tunnel” after UK foreign minister James Cleverly and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic take stock of talks on Jan. 16, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private talks.
Cleverly and Sefcovic announced earlier this week that the EU had agreed to use the UK’s live database tracking goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. This was a first sign of progress in a long-running dispute on post-Brexit trading rules and a step that paves the way for negotiations on other more complex issues, such as checks on agri-food goods, state aid and VAT.

wanderingon.
You're correct, "the freedoms we take for granted can be taken away or curtailed in many ways." However, using European travel is not a particularly good example. The UK did not vote to end European travel, we voted to leave the EU and its dictatorial ways and not be under the Brussels hegemony.

The protectionist EU's reach and influence extends well beyond its member states, especially to the many states that have signed various forms of association agreement with it. In short they want and must be in control and just couldn't stand it when one of their biggest members no longer wanted to be a part of it.
You now see individual members trying to make their own exclusive rules just for the UK. e.g. special passport queues and nomads working. Brussels don't like it and are watching closely.

I see Mach has lost it big time again. If he carries on like that he'll need the NHS emergency. I wonder if he supports the government to provide a certain basic service level in the event of strikes or support's labour in opposing it?