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someone recently posted that the tories are out of touch with the electorate in this country, I would like to point out that nearly all politicians in this country are out of touch with the electorate in this country , I refer you to the Labour Party , they lost so many seats in their heartland because they were so out of touch with their usual voters , none of the politicians are really here to serve the electorate , they are here to mainly serve themselves , how many times have they knocked at your door at voting time saying they'll do this or that once in power only to go back on the what they say .
As said before none are here for us and need to be trusted only as far as you can throw them , this applies to all politicians , sadly the pool of leaders of all parties is very poor , no one really stands out . GLA

LTI
yes I notice the sp has risen several pence , but how long for , what is the catalyst for the rise , is it the buybacks causing that , if so all well and good , it will be interesting to see if it continues or drops back once buybacks are finished , perhaps we will discuss it further in a few weeks

LTi
yes I understand about the share count but owning more of a company is only any good if the sp improves surely therefore increasing my wealth which I could top slice and have some extra cash in bank , yet true capital growth never seems to be prolonged and gets pulled back , reducing my wealth again , so for me dividends are a better way forward as once I have received them its my decision what I do with them , I have no influence on buybacks and overall I do not see or feel I am benefitting despite the implied comments from yourself and others

cookoo12620
I concur with much of what you say , money in the bank is what we want ,
I actually prefer dividends over buybacks cos I am getting something tangible in the bank
buyback benefits only last until the next crisis, or the mm's decide to pull the sp back for whatever reason they see fit

personally I cannot see any significant capital growth here until the bod continues to reduce the amount of shares in circulation , yes they issue new shares as bonuses etc , but if they buy back more shares than new ones issued it will eventually allow the price to rise imo but the amount of new shares issued would need to be far less than those bought back , dividend here is ok, better than the other uk banks

keltickilla
we should all continue to use cash as much as possible , we are sleep walking into a cashless society , once there , there will be total control over the population , with just a few clicks on a computer we will be manipulated and herded into whatever the powers to be want us to do , once high street banks are gone all will have to be done online ,another stepping stone to control , it will be our children and grand children that will bear the brunt of the control as I suspect it won't happen in the lifetime of many of the people who post here

lti
so in effect the unit price would be higher if the standing charges were/are lower , therefore the higher the standing charges the less option to reduce bill as that has to be paid whether or not energy is used , I think I would prefer higher unit cost and lower standing charge .
I believe Theosus is correct as I did in fact try to get a zero standing charge option 2 yers ago

lti
ok so ofgem set the price cap but not the standing charges so I guess thats the energy companies that set the charges and ofgem allow the rate to be passed on , still don't explain why they need to raise it so much and ofgem allowing it , as said before ofgem are basically in cahoots

I understand some of the reasons why energy prices may be higher , but I do not understand why the standing charges also went up so much too , do the meters and pipes and cables that carry energy suddenly become more expensive to maintain , my pipes meter and cables were installed over 30 years ago , not once has their been a problem in my area , it appears to be profiteering by the energy companies in cahoots with ofgem , if they reduced the standing charges and froze them for a limited time maybe we wouldn't have all these high bills dropping onto our mats each quarter

£3.50 wow I as hoping for £3.95 maybe ill wait for £3.50 now lol

@Suf
correct I worked it out last week , and was surprised

@Mararab
I asked why iag could not fly from a small regional airport which is less busy , a couple of posters replied it was not possible , can't remember why now , I thought it made sense to use smaller airports for some short haul flights , even if iag could not get baggage handlers of their own, why not have an arrangements with smaller airlines who have baggage handlers at the airport already but are not as busy as say Heathrow or Gatwick or it it too simplistic or even naive to think they could make it happen , the costs could then be split , obviously schedules and destinations would also come into play so as not to disadvantage either parties ,

THEOSUS
as you say a lot of what trump said is coming to pass, also like you say like him or loathe him ,
I think one of the main differences of trump to many other US leaders is he is not seen as a carreer politician , so doesn't always say the things they would like him to say

Thanks livestock and iag longterm and anyone else who replied to my question

Sorry if this is a dumb question , can't IAG move some of the short haul flights to some of the smaller less busy airports like London southend for example , at least they could fulfil their schedules , maybe its just too difficult just thought id see what other peoples views are thanks

hi I have just had a conversation today about airlines and staffing levels, the person I was talking to told me that a friend works as a flight attendant on an airline that flies long haul , the flight attendants said that they do not see any sign of more staff being employed and is of the view that the airline industry is overly worried about increasing staffing levels in case things go backwards again and they have to get rid of staff again , not sure how credible the attendants view is , but its a view anyway , the attendant also stated they are being asked to work longer due to lack of staff to compensate

LTI
yes I have just read it now ,

LTI
ha ha yes I should know but I don't , thats why I'm asking , but thanks for your reply

pleasantly surprised at the interim divi , I may be wrong but wasn't last years half year profits higher due to release of funds set aside for impairments etc , so if thats the case and their have not been more of the same this time the half year profit for 22 is a much better result than many realise , of course I may be mistaken , hopefully someone may know for sure

GAZZ
I didn't omit it as it was a referendum to join the common market , which on the face of it was a good idea
their was no referendum to join the eu , that was a political decision which has now been reversed ,
I was not aware of Churchills statement , but will attempt to look into that statement