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"The Times newspaper said Sunak would prolong his stamp duty property tax break for three months until the end of June."
I can't see how the stamp duty holiday is deemed an emergency measure unless you believe the housing market ponzi is supporting the banks.
Will just have to wait a further 3 months for reality.

If the GDP of a country isn't spread more evenly then a bank like Lloyds with 30 million customers (half the UK population) will not be able to cope,simple really.

LTI,
"Yes good to see UK business having operations throughout the world.
May it long continue"
You are confusing investing with outsourcing, the latter removes jobs from the UK, can you seriously want UK jobs to be relocated to Europe?

Equally It's their right to diverge from us,get over it.

DT,
"Italy had been shafted imho, if they still had there own currency then it would be a manufacturing epicenter ….."
Darth it didn't do us any good,what makes a country successful is its own government the blaming the EU days are over.

"We’re going to have to get used to the idea of vaccinating and then re-vaccinating in the autumn as we come to face these new variants,” Johnson told MPs in the House of Commons.
Perhaps on the 22nd two days before Lloyds results we may get a better picture on the route out of this mess but i suspect as i've said before we'll have a 2nd summer just like the last,one of social distancing/masks,then spend a further £12 billion on re-vaccinating and still be in the same place.
GDP is unlikely to recover by year end.

If you decided to back failed industries and criminals because you didn't have a working welfare system that's your problem not Labour.
£4.4 billion being pumped into UK economy every week by QE not much finding Lloyds yet,i wonder why?

Livestock, i don't think i mentioned the EU but as you brought it up what positive transformations have happened in the last year - zilch.

Livestock do you think this guy is being over payed for this?
"Due to the progress on vaccine roll-out the BoE now projects GDP growth from Q2 2021 to Q1 2022 of 14.2%, up from 10% in November. We believe there may be upside risks to this projection," says Derek Halpenny, Head of Research of at MUFG."
Even an idiot can see,all he's done is add the further 4.2% reduction reported by the B of E on the 3rd of February.
More propaganda.

Going back to the vaccine,if it only reduces the effects of the South African variant it must still mean you are carrying the virus and therefore able to transmit and further mutate.
The vaccine is the nuclear option when all other means of elimination have failed and Boris has excelled at this.

Says levels of visitors from abroad will be 18% to 34% of 2019 levels and ironically if we are successful with our vaccination roll out those with the money will have a good chance of ditching another bucket & spade holiday at home.
All good news for hospitality.
https://www.visitbritain.org/2021-tourism-forecast#:~:text=VisitBritain's%20latest%20central%20scenario%20forecast,and%20%C2%A324.7%20billion%20spending.

""I think what London needs to be focused on is not Frankfurt or Paris, [it] needs to be focused on New York and Singapore."
And leave the Americans to concentrate on Europe,nice one.

If the government doesn't accept liability for the fraudulent bounce back loans which could amount to £29 billion you won't be getting anything like the dividends you hoped for.

A complete fudge on the British economy,"The outlook for the economy remains unusually uncertain."/" Labour market indicators remain difficult to interpret."and "Spare capacity in the economy is eliminated as activity picks up during 2021" so the high street,hospitality will all recover.
To me the report looks like they have manipulated sufficient growth in the 4Q 2020 to avoid the headline of a 2nd recession which will be reported on the 12th of feb.

Bambas,i think we should stick to the official line which Britain is really good at,like Capt Tom Moore.

Only possible after leaving,you couldn't make this up.
In a shocking development, the Marine Management Organisation has announced that it intends to ban all forms of towed bottom gears in the Dogger Bank SAC and the majority of three other offshore MPAs. The knock-on effects of this brutal approach will not stay confined to MPAs as fishing activity is displaced from its customary areas. The decision has been taken with zero discussion with those affected.
https://nffo.org.uk/news/sledgehammer-to-fishing-in-mpas.html

Talking of liars,when someone promises things will be alright by Xmas yet in the same breath investing heavily into vaccines you know his test&trace,semi lock downs,Quarantine are all going to fail,also people who think the replacement of an export manufacturing business for a cocoa warehouse are just nuts.

Falky,if we go back to the 21st July 2020 it was reported to the HOC health committee "Sir Jeremy, a member of Sage, the government advisory body, said the world would be living with Covid-19 for "very many, many years to come".
"Things will not be done by Christmas. This infection is not going away, it's now a human endemic infection.
"Even, actually, if we have a vaccine or very good treatments, humanity will still be living with this virus for very many, many years.... decades to come."
Can't see a bounce this year,all along we've had too much optimism.

"Once the lockdown is over, an economic boom the likes of which we
have never seen before....DYOR"
Would have thought no better than 3rd Q of 2020,i.e. minus 8.6% on pre level of activity and that's if Sunak spends another £500m on eating out and continues with 15% VAT reduction.

TFE, your wrong on that one.
Whatever you say won't bring back the 104,000,keep your vaccine.