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The Latest Breaking News from Black Wednesday

Tory ‘economic competence’ led Britain to Black Wednesday. Never forget

The anniversary of Norman Lamont’s failure is a timely reminder to Labour not to have its fiscal agenda set by the opposition

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - An improving economy won't save the Tories

It doesn't seem fair. When the economy is tanking, the government gets the blame. When it recovers, voters tend to give short shrift. Just ask John Major, who couldn't even convince one in three Britons to support the Conservatives in 1997 despite overseeing 22 consecutive quarters of GDP growth and…

Evening Standard

George Soros’s indelible mark on UK runs deeper than Black Wednesday

Breaking Bank of England in 1992 arguably set off wave of Euroscepticism that would engulf British politics

The Guardian - UK

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Black Wednesday-style Tory collapse could trigger a Labour landslide, says top pollster

Tory members said 'wow' and 'shocking' as Professor Sir John Curtice said Labour's current poll lead - including a 7% swing in a week - would give the party a majority of more than 100 seats

Daily Mirror

Why is the pound plunging on 30th anniversary of Black Wednesday?

Falls against the dollar are prompted partly by concern about Liz Truss’s economic and energy policies

The Guardian - UK

Why Black Wednesday still matters – it was the start of markets telling politicians what to do

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

The Conversation

How Partygate could do for Johnson as Black Wednesday did for Major

The Tory reputation for economic competence was shredded in 1992 but the present PM’s woes go deeper, politically and economically

The Guardian - UK

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