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Like shooting fish in a barrel with the likes of team Bojo & Whitty calling the shots.

The worlds worst duo for making rational decisions.

Need to cut Chris Whitty's civil service pension pot in half - see how quickly he changes his perspective on risk.

It's all very good for public servants sat in rock solid jobs whilst the private sector crumbles around them.

he nation has been brought to a standstill once at immense cost to the economy, education and health more generally. And now with cases rising there is the threat of new national restrictions, while large parts of the country have already found themselves back in partial lockdown. But are we fighting a losing battle? Do we instead need to learn to live with the virus?
It's 'utter chaos' now

Prof Carl Heneghan, the head of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, says the current situation is "utter chaos" with a constant stream of new restrictions and schools sending whole year groups home when just one person tests positive. All this at a time when the level of infection is still very low.

This, Prof Heneghan says, is the consequence of trying to suppress the virus. Instead, he argues we should accept it is here to stay and try to minimise the risks, while balancing that against the consequences of the actions we take.

...A common sense article in the BBC today which makes a change from the constant fear spreading.

So how much are MW up now on their big short, £10 million? A fleet of lambos.

Meanwhile the retailers have crystalised their loss and having to drink themselves to sleep.

32p due to EU trade deal.

What? we can all hope right.

Dec 36p March 44p.

A huge dependancy on how the Government behaves in the next few months. We also need some sort of EU trade deal, mass testing for travel (at least) and possibly 1 WHO approved vaccine.

DT ... having world leading scientist working,. globally, is something to admire right now in a divided world.

Misread that as dividend. Single track mind here :-(

Talking of vaccines, the woman who had an adverse reaction on the AstraZeneca trial has a rare neurological disorder. It is yet unknown if it was triggered by the vaccine or not.

Experts say the trial will almost certainly continue.

'Customers turn their backs on Monzo and Revolut as fears mount over profitability
Losses at the digital banks have more than doubled and not all savers have the protections they might expect.'

“My three younger siblings are mad about Monzo and invested the maximum amount as well. I think we’ll all lose our money,” Mr Milton said. “If they can’t make a profit soon one of the larger incumbents will quickly catch up. I also have accounts with Halifax and Lloyds – both of them have really improved their apps which now give me instant spending notifications like Monzo.”

Lloyds will always welcome you back.

A cheap loaf of bread will buy about 4 Lloyd’s shares.

Soon it'll be 4 loaves of bread for 1 Lloyds share.

What is KPMG and RSM going to uncover with their £1.1 million fee? That'll just cover their golf, expenses and a small over-engineered Excel spread sheet.

No need to worry about CGT with the Lloyds share (or dividend tax).

Could someone call Buffett and tell him to buy Lloyds?

If you held 20million shares in Lloyds would you be motivated to try and push through a special?

The share price will rise just in time for the CGT increase.

Covid tests that provide results in as little as 20 seconds are being trialled by Heathrow under plans to replace quarantine with mass-screening of its 78 million travellers a year, The Telegraph can reveal.

Heathrow airport is working with Oxford and Manchester universities on three cutting-edge tests to screen people on arrival and departure.

Heathrow is to submit the results to Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, and Matt Han****, the Health Secretary, in a bid to persuade them to replace quarantine with a comprehensive testing regime that could kickstart international travel and trade.

At least 30 other countries have already introduced border testing for Covid-19 but the British Government has been accused of dragging its feet and allowing trade competitors like Germany and France to steal a march by introducing Covid screening for arrivals.

I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When shares were high and life worth living
I dreamed, that dividends would never die
I dreamed that the PRA would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And cash was made and used and wasted
There was no PPI to be paid
No local lockdowns, no covid testing

But the SAGE come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your wealth apart
As they turn your dream to shame

Published yesterday.
https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2020/08/22/tempted-by-the-lloyds-share-price-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

'That’s why we think now could be the perfect time for you to start building your own stake in this exceptional business – especially given the shares look to be trading on a fairly undemanding valuation for the year to March 2021.'

The website doesn't know it's ar5e from it's elbow.

Or it could collapse like STA travel have just done.

But not likely. TUI is a potential multibagger if you have time to wait.

'Almost two thirds of workers who were put on furlough are back on the job, indicating that the economy is recovering and that the scheme succeeded in protecting their employment.

One-in-eight employees are still being paid to stay at home, according to the Office for National Statistics, down from almost one in three at the start of May.

It means the total number on the Job Retention Scheme has fallen by more than 60pc from its peak.

Oxford Economics now estimates that unemployment will rise to 6.5pc by the end of 2020, rather than the 8pc or more typically forecast by analysts.

Heavy goods and commercial vehicles are back on the roads in numbers matching their levels in February, indicating demand for goods has returned to full health.'