Second quarter GDP figures for the UK come out tomorrow. Will they be catastrophic or merely disastrous? I reckon the former. A year-on-year decline of 15% sounds about right.
Wow, 21.7%. I guess that’s what happens when Piers Morgan becomes the Chief Medical Officer and the Chancellor at the same time. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/apriltojune2020">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/g...
Ignore, for a moment, the fact that neither of these statistics is quite true. Instead, just admire the absolute brass neck of a man who resisted every relaxation of lockdown complaining about the economic consequences.
Piers Morgan going ballistic in mid-May when the Prime Minister allowed people to *checks notes* take unlimited exercise.
Piers Morgan is the kind of guy who would throw a brick through your window and then try to sell you double glazing.