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Analysts at Nordea Markes point out the British Pound usually suffers ahead of an election so they consider that long EUR/GBP positions could become interesting.  

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“We are headed to the ballot boxes in the UK within a month or so at the latest. Early general elections were always ultimately unavoidable in our view, and that was also the case during Theresa Mays reign.”

“GBP tends to suffer from an election risk premium, when we enter the final phase ahead of an election. Ahead of the the past two “Brexit-related” elections, the GBP started weakening 10-15 trading days ahead of the actual election.”

“While everything seems to be falling apart around Boris Johnson, who says that Boris cannot win a big mandate in the eventual general elections (not us)?”

“It could become interesting to enter long EUR/GBP positions again ahead of the elections.”