Sterling tumbles as Boris Johnson declares Brexit ‘no matter what’
30 July 2019 - 17:48
London/Dublin — Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Tuesday to lead Britain out of the EU on October 31 “no matter what” as sterling tumbled and Ireland warned that the bloc would not re-negotiate the thrice-defeated divorce deal.
The British pound fell on Tuesday as investors bet Johnson’s Brexit brinkmanship could trigger a messy divorce that would sow chaos through the world economy and financial markets...
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