COVID - 19 Update 1 - Health/Economy

Sky News: Reports " No spike in cases since lockdown restrictions eased - but there's a warning for autumn...The UK's national statistician says if people stay "super careful" there could be a "flatline" in cases, but calls for vigilance.  "

Lets Get Real:

At last some good news, with the easing of lockdown we see that there has been no spike in infections from COVID - 19.  Of course with the good news there is the warning that when we move to Christmas and winter we could face a two fold problem, those that catch the flue and those that might get COVID - 19 from celebrations due to Christmas.   Thus like WW2, the slogan should be " Be Happy but Careful, mouths without masks could lead to COVID - 19"   The main point is to protect the NHS and allow it do its great service to the UK.   One can say with some justification that 2020 was a bad year and well written off.

The EU without the UK - Brexit Update 1 - Transition Period

BBC News: Reports " EU leaders first met on Friday in Brussels to discuss the bloc's €1 trillion seven-year budget and the planned stimulus package to help countries recover the pandemic.  "

Lets Get Real:

At least the UK is out of the EU NOW, and will not have to pay to bailout EU States.   The EU will come to regret it did not do a better deal with PM Cameron when they had the chance.  It has to be asked will the rich nations like Germany carry on funding the poor States due to COVID - 19 and bad economic management of these Countries.  The EU should do a DEAL with the UK for a good trade deal, otherwise they will have to deal with the BAD economic results.   The newspapers over the weekend had two schools of thought, the Sun stated a deal had been done nearly by 80%, while the Times reported that the PM was accepting that there would be NO DEAL.  This week will be interesting.