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That's why reading the news and watching the news is a complete waste of time. I haven't done either in years and my investment returns have never been better.
MSM should be abolished imo... they are purely fear mongerers as they know that is what sells.
Good morning FJ, totally agree, quite often they rehash an article initially uploaded from several days before.....new date and time stamp.....looks like fresh news then. TBH....most articles in the media these days is often complete BS, take with a pinch of salt :-)
Joe,
Isn't it a bit ludicrous that The Telegraph can run both of those articles on the very same day?
I suppose that they can claim that they have every possible angle covered? :)
Joe - I’ll run this past the Ministerial Code of Conduct but can’t see this being a problem. :-)
Beach.... PMSL :-), can I also propose that we are entitled to have full access to the free bar at our weekly meetings, if this proposal is accepted we should also have the discretion to change the schedule to two hour daily meetings, at least four per day :-)
Not forgetting FJ Gooner - Head of future Investment and Implementation. (At the right price)
Newly appointed Transport Minister Mr Beachbum also confirmed today in Parliament, that the following promotions happened within his Ministerial team -
Joe - Head of Public Relations and general banter.
Banbury - Head of Analytical Research
Millionaire - Head of Common Sense and overall cool as *f**k implementation
Roxbury - Head of future legends, and weeding out the weak.
I thought the SP rise today was due to setanta loading up.
Newly :-)
Newley appointed Transport Minister Mr Beachbum stated in the commons today that Saga shareholders in the coming weeks will be handsomely rewarded for their patience. He also noted that Setanta from this day forth would now be totally banned from purchasing shares in any UK travel company as they were a bunch off ass*****
GLA
The CEO’s of all the above operators have direct lines to the Spanish Tourism minister and work together. Joint pressure has obviously been put on.
Beachbum for Transport Minister?! Who’s in?!
18m tourists a year to Spain from Britain. 264k to Israel. Doesn’t take a genius...Shapps needs sacking.
IMO obviously, as mentioned in the Telegraph Article above, these have to open. These are the mainstream British Package Holiday destinations that TUI, Jet2, Easyjet Et al, need to survive. It appears in the last 48 hours to me, the major tour operators have said unless these are open by June latest, it’s goodnight Vienna, unless you want to Chuck a few billion to keep us going. Sort your s**t out in other words.
Latest from the Telegraph :-)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/22/30-countries-could-green-list-early-summer-holidays/
Up to 30 countries including Spain’s Canary Islands, Portugal’s Azores and Malta could make the UK’s green list for summer holidays from May 17.
The destinations, which are dominated by islands, have high vaccination rates and low prevalence of Covid putting them in a strong position for inclusion on the “green list,” according to Government and industry sources.
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, signalled earlier this week that the Government’s new traffic light ratings of countries will treat a nation’s islands independently of any higher Covid rate or lower vaccination rate on the mainland.
This would place the Canary Islands (with 91.7 of the adult population vaccinated), Malta (44.1 per cent), Azores (36.1 per cent), Madeira (33.7 per cent) and even the Balearic islands ( 25.4 per cent) on the green list by May 17.
Greece is also running a campaign to vaccinate all the population of at least 85 of its islands, which would put Zakynthos and Santinori in the frame for early Summer holidays.
It follows The Telegraph’s disclosure this morning that the Government is racing to ensure Covid passports are available to prove people have been vaccinated as early as next month, in time for summer holidays.
Greece has said it will be ready to welcome vaccinated British tourists immediately when its resorts open up on May 15, while Spain and Portugal say they will throw open their borders from June along with much of the EU.
Responding to The Telegraph’s disclosure, Spanish Tourism Secretary, Fernando Valdés, said on Thursday he wanted UK holidaymakers to “restart holidays” in six weeks, adding: “We are desperate to welcome you this summer. We've been having constant conversations with UK authorities.”
Mr Valdes said a travel corridor between the two countries, allowing quarantine-free breaks, is firmly on the table but only with Covid passports 'easing' the return of 'safe' travel.
GLA
Roguemale1,
If it helps, I read this article this morning in The Telegraph.
The seven destinations likely to feature on the holiday 'green list' this summer
The 'traffic light system' has been confirmed for our summer holidays – which countries will get the go-ahead?
HTTps://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/green-list-countries-which-red-amber-holiday-traffic-light-system-travel/
The Government has, as yet, given no clear indication as to which countries will be green, amber or red, but Telegraph Travel has crunched the numbers to assess which destinations look highly likely to get the go-ahead for a the green list.
Basically, they are saying the 7 countries may be:
Israel
Gibraltar
Madeira
The Caribbean
Iceland
Malta
USA
Give me an hour, I will text Boris
Beach, hows the rest of Europe going to be treated-any view?
Inside contact confirming Spain and Islands to be on the Green list.
Yep, the 5 UK cruises including the Inaugural have already sold out. Sagas’ prime booking/travelling months is September & October once the kids have gone back which fits in perfectly for when things have hopefully settled down and much more certainty in place as well. GLA.
It won’t be long before those over 50s will be filling up the cruise ships to the rafters, eager to part with their disposable cash which has been burning holes in their pockets. Myself being one of them. It will be a monumental return.