No-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the Pound Debate

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No-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the Pound

Patrick Grady Excerpts
Monday 30th September 2019

(4 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Simon Clarke Portrait Mr Clarke
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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.

Patrick Grady Portrait Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP)
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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.

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