No-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the Pound Debate

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No-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the Pound

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Wrightbus (Ballymena)
Monday 30th September 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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I struggle to see what all that necessarily has to do with the question before the House, but what is very clear is that most people in Bristol are also smart enough to spot that it would be thoroughly unwise to ignore the result of a democratic referendum.

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The best way to stop the speculation and the uncertainty is for the Government to accept there is a majority in this House that will not let a no deal happen and, therefore, if the House does not agree a deal, we will not, in fact, be leaving on 31 October.

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What I would say to the hon. Gentleman is, “Watch this space.”

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