UK GDP drops 20.4% in April, the worst monthly fall on record

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The UK's GDP fell by 20.4% in April, the largest monthly fall on record, as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdown came into force.

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When Americans started moving around again in April, they started driving up transmission of the coronavirus again -- and it's not a good sign of what is to come in the fall, a top pandemic modeler said Thursday. Daily deaths will likely decrease through June and July, but the country likely will see a sharp rise in deaths in September, the model projects.

 

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and then we will find out it was a common purpose (woops i mean communist) coup

No more tea and crumpets I guess.

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