Andrew Bailey, the new Governor of the Bank of England, appointed by Johnson, told us that the damage which would be done to the UK economy by a no-deal brexit would be twice as bad as the damage done by the pandemic.
Hurrah!!!¬! We a have a deal- a very bad deal but better than no-deal, so perhaps we can expect the damage which will be inflicted on the UK economy might only be about one and a half times as much as the damage caused by covid.
Damage limitation - yes, but hardly a cause for celebration.