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Didn't catch all of the news but i think they said the British government has lost control and Barnier said we should respect EU sovereignty.
Monday should be a quiet day on the markets then.

LTI,what i was trying to point out fully means as far as the manufactures have indicated.
500,000 still stands by the 28th and that assumes this vulnerable group will be available for the 2nd dose - do you return to square one if you fail to meet the appointment.
Would add we have 5.4 million people over 75 yrs so we need to get a move on but Astra Zeneca approval will be a game changer.
Meanwhile the rest of Europe remains in lock down, observing our progress/mistakes and adjusts its vaccination programme,are they daft?

Starmer has been ahead of the curve on all occasions but only because he is listening.
If we achieve 500,000 doses of the -70c stuff by year end those same 500,000 will not be fully protected until the 28th of January,what goes on in the mind of the good time chocolate teapot PM is beyond me.

Did anyone else hear on Radio 4 professor Ferguson say we haven't enough vaccine - why would he say that?
Standby for worse to come.
BTW have a good Xmas.

English cider drinking Bristolians going down to tier 2,shove your Tory champagne where the sun doesn't shine.

Is Gove feeling chipper because "For the first time in its history UNICEF will help feed children in the UK"

"This includes a National Home Building Fund, investing £7.1 billion over four years to shake up the housing market by backing smaller developers, unlocking brownfield land, and supporting innovative construction techniques such as modular housing. This will unlock up to 860,000 new homes".
If you believe anything this government says after 11 years the housing market would collapse along with Lloyds,even 300,000 a year would have serious consequences.

If we can all give up our dividends we'll be doing our bit for this sovereign country!
"The primary income deficit narrowed by £4.3 billion to £10.5 billion, or 2.2% of GDP, in Quarter 2 2020; this was because of a larger fall in payments to foreign investors on their UK investments than the fall in UK earnings on foreign investments and was mostly because of losses incurred through foreign direct investment (FDI)."
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/balanceofpayments/apriltojune2020

LTI,from something that was said in Oct 2018.
For all we know Canada +++ meant what's on offer now, Canada plus fishing agreement,plus level playing field,plus governance.

If you can get 300 mugs to buy air tickets and sit on top of the air freight it's viable.
Not an option for January 2021.

"It’s official – English Sparkling wine has beaten top Champagne brands in this years’ international wine competition. Dorset wine maker, Langham Wine Estate has just won one of the most prestigious awards a winemaker can win – the International Wine & Spirit Competition Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year 2020"
Will probably sell out now to a foreign buyer.

Perhaps 36p is the deal price and something below 30p is the no deal price,whatever happens HMRC believe it will cost £15 billion filling in forms,etc.

Falky "Tbh, I was naive to belive that cos it was just hot air."
Why don't you call him for what he really is - a compulsive liar,It would save you a lot of money.

TFE, UK GDP approx £2 trillion,exports to EU £294 billion, i can't believe you need help with your maths - 14%
EU has a bigger incentive for a no deal, Greek crisis,referendums,etc - to keep the Euro trade weighted index lower. 123 must be hurting a bit.
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/balance_of_payments_and_external/eer/html/index.en.html

TFE "The figure banded about regarding our trade with the EU is often quoted as 43% of our exports, however this figure is only 7% of our GDP.Just saying."
The true value of exports to E.U is £294 billion for 2019 and represents 14% of our GDP and imports of £373 billion which are not reflected in the GDP figure would have a major impact on the economy,until such point we could find an alternative supplier or in many years to come we could manufacture ourselves.
Without a further substantial fall in sterling our manufacturing will never achieve a competitive edge against a market of 500 million people and associated economy of scale.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7851/
Perhaps an apology from you TFE for misleading this BB

LTI,
Supposing i agree with you and the oven ready deal refers to the WA, then why have we been threatening to break international law since September.
Someone must have left a spanner in it.

I suppose it's patriotic to raise tariffs, devalue the currency,create inflation with no chance of wages catching up and make the people poorer - who thought up this plan?

Nothing wrong with a 6% return.
EU have done boris a deal.
My thoughts are Wednesdays private dinner was for who would take the blame and Boris who has more politically to lose persuaded Ursula the EU should initiate the breakdown in talks,guess it's a farewell present.

Stand clear the country needs a jolt,when all else fails give the people a kicking.
It does work but for one it's government that needs a kicking and secondly this guy is an eternal optimist and probably thinking it'll be over by Easter.
It took 20 years to raise trade with Europe from 21% to mid forties %, to demolish this position isn't going to happen overnight.
Take back control,more like out of control.

If "the major UK banks can absorb credit losses in the order of 200 billion pounds" they wont be in any position to pay dividends but most will survive.