United Trust Bank (UTB) revealed in its latest sentiment poll that 50% of brokers wouldn’t have voted for Boris Johnson to be prime minister.
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Other highlights from the poll included:
- 45% of brokers claimed they would have voted for Boris Johnson, with the remaining 5% undecided
- only 23% believed that leaving the EU with a deal was still possible
- 40% thought that the UK’s economic outlook over the next three years under Boris Johnson’s leadership would be negative, compared with 38% that held a positive view
“Most of us have become accustomed to the near permanent state of uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the outlook for the UK economy,” said Harley Kagan, group managing director at UTB (pictured above).
“With parliament prorogued for five weeks, it remains to be seen whether this government can manage to negotiate a deal with the EU which will be acceptable to parliament and enable the UK to leave in an orderly fashion.”
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