Comments by UK Brexit secretary Dominic Raab

  • We want a good deal with the EU
  • Ready and prepared to deal with risks of a no deal Brexit outcome
  • No deal outcome would not be a walk in the park
  • But it would not be the end of the world either
  • Confident that we will get a deal in the end
  • Should not overreact to any blip in the road by the EU
  • Labour is speaking nonsense about a second referendum

Raab's comments isn't anything new but his constant stroking of optimism that a deal will be struck is seeing the pound catch a bid on the day. GBP/USD has now risen back above 1.3100 while EUR/GBP falls to a low of 0.8958.