Paul Authers admitted the UK is several months ahead of both the EU and the USA in terms of its pandemic recovery – and in an excellent position to capitalise. Mr Authers, the author of books including The Fearful Rise of Markets, said he had voted to stay in the bloc in June 2016, and still wished the result had been different.

However, in a column written for Bloomberg, he pointed to the current strength of the pound versus both the dollar and the euro as clear signs that Britain had bounced back from whatever negative impact severing links with Brussels had caused.

He explained: “The bottom line remains that the UK looks well-positioned to outperform most of the rest of the world.

“Its numerous self-inflicted wounds of the last five years have left it looking a little too cheap to ignore.

“And even those who don’t invest, they will want to keep a close eye on a country that is now guiding a course for others out of the pandemic.”

Mr Authers said: “Most of us know the main reason for the rebound in sentiment.

“The UK handled the Covid vaccine rollout better than any other leading economy.

JUST IN: Macron fishing revenge – France set to target UK financial firms

Additionally, the furlough scheme, whereby the UK Government paid companies to keep workers in jobs, had kept unemployment much lower than in the United States, where staff were instead offered severance packages, Mr Authers explained.

Meanwhile, Mr Johnson’s relatively comfortable position within Parliament differed from that of US President Joe Biden, who is reliant on a wafer-thin majority in Congress, Mr Authers pointed out.

Additionally in Germany, Angela Merkel is sure to leave a huge gap when she steps down later this year, while in France, President Emmanuel Macron, is up for re-election in 2022.

Mr Authers said: “In the UK, by contrast, the market-friendly Conservative government has a comfortable majority in parliament that gives it wide freedom of movement.

“It doesn’t have to hold another election until 2024.

“If it opts for an earlier one, it will be because the government is confident.

“After years of Brexit-imposed chaos, and then a disastrous start to its attempt to deal with the pandemic, politics suddenly looks like a reason to favour UK assets, rather than to avoid them.

“This is encouraging as UK stocks look cheap compared to the rest of the world.”

What he termed the UK’s “stop-and-start lockdowns over the last 15 months” suggested retail sales could recover sharply, Mr Authers claimed.

He added: “The current lockdown is unusually restrictive, as the government tries hard to avoid having to reimpose restrictions once again.

“Last summer’s excited return to normality now looks like a bad mistake in terms of public health policy, but it does suggest that quite a consumer boom could be in prospect once lockdown is lifted for good.”