Hell-bent on breaking out of the EU orbit at any price, the Boris Johnson government may find its yellow hammer swallowed in the maw of the next global financial crisis, suggests Eddie Hobbs.

No one knows if we are facing into another recession but but if you haven’t looked at the positioning of your own financial products, now is probably a good time to do so, suggests economist Eddie Hobbs.

Based on some of the hysteria surrounding the US election last week, it must be time to head off on the Wild Atlantic Way armed to the teeth and equipped with a bomb shelter.

At a time when high quality bond yields are collapsing to zero, the value and importance of dividends from equities has never been more important.

Last Wednesday evening, I was in Lisbon courtesy of a Christmas present from my wife.