Here’s fuel for City-fat-cat-hating conspiracy theorists. Big cheese (in every way) hedge fund manager Crispin Odey was a prominent Brexiteer. He’s now betting (and it’s a fair bet) that when we do actually Brexit, both sterling and gilts will tumble in value. If he’s right, he’ll do pretty well. Unlike the rest of us.
“A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating”
I quoted Overheard Bloke in the Gym Changing Room not long after the referendum: ‘We should say ‘You’ve had your last cheque, Merkel’, close the borders, job done!’ If we’d followed his sage advice rather than fannying around for four years, we’d have been through the...