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Pound on the
slide as alarm
over no-deal
Brexit grows
prime minister insisted there was an
“assumption that we can get a new
deal” and that he wanted to reach out
to European leaders.
However, his deputy offi cial spokes-
woman reinforced the position of
Michael Gove, the cabinet lead for
no-deal preparations, that “we must
assume that there will be a no-deal
Brexit on 31 October” unless EU leaders
agree to reopen talks on the with-
drawal agreement. The spokeswoman
also made clear Johnson would not be
meeting EU leaders until they agree to
make a new deal that does not involve
the Irish backstop.
As the pound lurched downwards ,
leading business groups lined up to
voice exasperation that a lack of infor-
mation from the government was
hampering preparations for no deal.
Echoing a warning from the Con-
federation of British Industry at the
weekend that Britain is ill-equipped
for a disorderly EU departure, lobby
groups representing fi rms employing
millions of people sounded the alarm.
The Federation of Small Businesses
(FSB) said the lack of prepar-
edness among its membersExclusive
Rowena Mason
Deputy political editorAlastair Campbell, the former No 10
director of communications under
Tony Blair, has said he no longer wishes
to be a member of Labour, warning that
Jeremy Corbyn is poised to lose theAmy WalkerThe highest temperature recorded in
the UK – 38.7C – has been confi rmed
by the Met Offi ce as climate scientistswarned that similar temperatures
could become the new normal.
The measurement, taken at Cam-
bridge botanic garden last Thursday ,
was subject to quality control and
analysis by meteorologists over the
weekend. The previous record of 38.5C
was recorded in Faversham, Kent, in
August 2003. Some observation sites
report monthly, meaning there is still a
chance that higher temperatures were
recorded elsewhere.
Kate Sambrook , a climate scientist
at the University of Leeds, said high
temperatures like those seen last week
could become the new nor-
mal and that action neededthat I no longer wish to stay in the
party, even if I should be successful
in my appeal or legal challenge.”
In a lengthy missive to Corbyn,
published in the Guardian in part and
in the New European in full , the for-
mer Labour adviser and campaigner
for a “people’s vote” sets out his view
that the party will not win a major-
ity against Johnson, who he says has
“embarked on a crash and burn strat-
egy” designed to win a mandate for a
hard Brexit at the ballot box.
“The culture you have helped to
create has made the party one that
I feel no longer truly rep-
resents my values, or the
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Rob Davies
Rowena Mason
The pound has slumped to a 28-month
low as investors reacted with alarm to
the escalation of no-deal rhetoric by
Boris Johnson’s government.
Sterling fell 1.3% against the US
dollar to trade at a touch over $1.
and fell sharply against the euro to
below €1.10 on the international
currency markets yesterday, as cabinet
ministers began meetings to prepare
for a no-deal Brexit.
But while the pound suff ered, there
was confusion from Johnson’s govern-
ment about whether a no-deal Brexit
is the main working assumption. The
Campbell: I am fi nished
with Corbyn’s Labour
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▲ Boris Johnson was booed by crowds as he met Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House, Edinburgh PHOTOGRAPH: DUNCAN MCGLYNN/GETTY
‘The market is now
awaking to the reality
of a new government’
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City bank ING
next election against Boris Johnson
and destroy the party “as a political
force capable of winning power”.
Campbell had planned to fi ght his
expulsion from Labour for revealing
that he voted Liberal Democrat in the
European elections, but he has now
written to Corbyn informing him:
“With some sadness but absolute cer-
tainty, I have reached the con clusion
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