Johnson’s Brexit deal sends FTSE 100 soaring to nine-month high
Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca made strong gains as traders were increasingly hopeful that its vaccine will soon be approved.
Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca made strong gains as traders were increasingly hopeful that its vaccine will soon be approved.
'Buy the rumour, sell the fact' reaction to the news has left the currency in decline.
"We’ve put up a border within the UK. We’ve made ourselves poorer and weaker."
Far from being a clean break, Britain’s divorce from Brussels is messy, and will continue to be for decades to come.
It comes as MPs in Britain were preparing to vote on the deal in a special sitting of Parliament called for Wednesday.
“What we have got now is a fraction of what we were promised through Brexit. We are going to really, really struggle this year," the country's leading fishing body said.
“Those who think the Brexit drama comes to an end with this deal will be bitterly disappointed."
Blackford had a go at Labour for “lining up behind Boris Johnson” to back the deal.
“Given it is notoriously difficult to prove that any lowering of protections affects trade or investment, the deal is unlikely to prevent the UK Government from weakening EU-derived labour and environmental policies if it so chooses."
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