The series of executions under Mr Trump since Election Day is also the first time in more than 130 years that federal executions have occurred during a lame-duck period

"Covid is horrendous – but it is temporary, Brexit is not."

"Boris has ordered the navy to put in under water fences to keep the uk fish in to stop it mixing with those bloody Johnny Foreigner fish!"

"There is something infinitely depressing in the picture of a British cabinet avoiding the eyes of history even as they make it. Shame on the whole damn lot."

The Daily Star front page said: "Shove your cake, Mr Macron. And your bloody croissants!”.

One bank moved around 200 billion euros (£184 billion) of assets from London to Frankfurt.

Ministers are set to beef up patrol powers by bringing in legislation to allow the Navy to board foreign vessels and arrest fishermen if there is no agreement, in scenes reminiscent of the 1970s Cod Wars.

It comes as Chancellor Rishi Sunak imposed a pay cap for millions of public sector workers because of the financial turmoil.

The pay-out also came weeks before grocery demand soared due to customer stockpiling as coronavirus cases started to sharply rise across the UK.