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market appears to be ahead of the politicians. However, the politicians with their overreaction are sticking to a three week review. So the biggest issue here is the stealth quarantine where you have to isolate until a PCR returns a negative test. That is a major restriction and the industry needs to be lobbying against that 24/7.

Notice the sector moving as one bloc despite highly volatile trading and news agenda. What a coincidence.

https://www.airlive.net/incident-a-british-airways-a380-has-been-damaged-while-landing-in-madrid/

search PCR at Expert Medical. Day 2 PCR £20

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19747075.neil-oliver-claims-pandemic-omicron-variant-mass-hypnosis/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/28/chaos-among-south-africans-as-flights-halted-amid-covid-surge

A glimpse of a political problem a little way down the road. The whole point of giving these variants greek names was supposed to be to avoid the response that has happened.

Yes, very pessimistic - I don't think the full implication of the automatic quarantine UNTIL you have PCR test come back negative. I'm also getting a sense that the population is being used as lab rats again. This PCR is for the benefit of so called scientists. The economic cost for this on the travel industry is going to be immense.

There isn't any extra hassle from the point of view of testing, you had to do a day 2 test anyway. The major difference is you now have to quarantine yourself from the very start and only lift the quarantine when you get the all clear. They have introduced a weeks quarantine by stealth. This hasn't been picked up yet in the media but I suspect it will be soon. This is a more draconian imposition on travelling than before July. This is likely to tank the travel stocks because people who have already booked, will be going straight back and getting refunds. If this immediate quarantine rule is not removed before Tuesday, travel stocks are going to be hit very hard. Expect IAG to drop below the lowest point during the pandemic, and that was due to an RI. With the loss of revenue now expanding with cancelled trips to avoid quarantine, the next RI can only be a matter of a few days away. Industry rpes need to be hammering on the door of Downing Street pronto!

I'm wondering whether I should dump everything on Monday and wait for a bottoming out a little later than restore my position. The problem is, with so much churn during volatility, by the time a trade gets through, you're at the bottom anyway. Very annoying.

The rule is you may not leave isolation until you get the result. Some people are going to be in real trouble with lost in the post kits, damaged in transit, lab ****ups, data deletes and so on. What chances of a U-turn before Tuesday? We can but hope, as the consequences of the quarantine become apparent let's hope the numpties in Downing St can be nudged away from the quarantine plan.

We already had a two day test, making it a PCR is not too much of a change, I posted a link to get them for just £20. What is going to be the killer for travel is having to stay in isolation until you get results. That is basically going to put every single traveller in about a weeks worth of self-isolation, and the rest of the travelling party. This is basically a way to introduce a quarantine period on all travellers entering the UK. That is going to decimate travel. And for what, less than 1% of travellers having any covid at all. Practically back to square one!

The direction most countries were heading was to restrict the level of integration of unvacced people. That was the sensible way. Why everybody else should be restricted because of a minority of idiots was becoming the lead argument. S Javid seemed to refer to mask wearing as if it was somewhat imposed on him to announce. Who in the government is going to bite the bullet before Tuesday and say it out loud. Ban the mask to stop the super spreaders.

Glenross, as seen in many areas around the world, enforced mask wearing is always followed by rapid rises in case numbers and eventually full lockdowns. You are guaranteeing the spread and even more so if this new one is more contagious. It as been seen everywhere before it will be repeated again until somebody finally stands up breaks the cycle. The UK politicians know about this, but look how they were bullied into being seen wearing masks in the house. Masks are a red hearing and a comfort blanket. They should be banned.

The SA doctor who spotted the variant says it is mild. But why stop a good panic and reintroduce the mask comfort blanket. I am so angry at the UK response. Boris must go, he is not leading, he is being led.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/27/omicron-variant-symptoms-unusual-but-mild-says-south-african-doctor/

bottom line is a very, very, very poor decision policy out of Downing St. They are kneeling before the gods of Tv, even holding sacrifices. Din not expect such simple EU crap, and let's not fool ourselves, the latest directive come from....try and guess.

We left the ****ing soviet eu. stop going back.. Either France declares war or fukc it we do our own thing, it has worked so far despite significant disruption at the E ports.

Enjoying digitally remastered ' A new hope'. Well, you gotta at times like this. So, write off a hundred grand. 'They' would get me eventually. I nabbed £15 from 'them'. Pride! Vanity! They were always going to take their £15 back.

big money decision. Have 5 browser screens open across all monitors and dump at big losses as early as possible Monday morning, then buy back in 10 mins later after a 25% drop. But if the drop don't happen, by some miracle it moves up for those million pound pis?

I can dump a grand on a gambling punt, ---- it isn't that I'm caught out by some new variant, it is the reaction, UK !!!! reaction, that throws me. Is the planet seriously going to chase the virus for another two years? Really? But that is the policy out of Downing Street. Sorry but Boris has to go, this week.

In my last hour you mock me, "What the shop or country"

Obviously both, durrrrr... Half of my ashes of the economy oven chip chest freezer, and half over the duty free cheapo [plastic bottle] wines at Keflavik airport duty free shop. Just tell the till girls, 'bit of of weirdo but this is what he wanted. Can I get an extra discount on these bottles now?'

Good bye, cruel world.....

£15 I did do it. I beat the system. I did make £15 when everybody else was losing thousands.

Will you carve it on my headstone? Scatter my ashes in Iceland?

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/boris-johnson-introduces-new-covid-rules-as-omicron-variant-arrives-in-the-uk/166245

Yes, 25%, 30% pick a number. I am just gobsmacked the UK has gone down this route. The travel sector is utterly ****ed. This is a game over and you may see very big names throwing the towel in before the end of the week. The direction of the polices is 180 degrees out. They should have waited a day or maybe two. A total failure. Dispair.

Think I'll polish off the last of the KFC and crack open a bottle whisky and load up the revolver. :(

Yes, thank you smithy, and we wish you luck and goodbye. Go well.