> Looking immediately before the referendum vote and afterwards Umm, Cameron announced that he would propose to hold a referendum on EU membership if his party

> Looking immediately before the referendum vote and afterwards Umm, Cameron announced that he would propose to hold a referendum on EU membership if his party won the next general election way back in January 2013 [0] The GBPEUR midrate at the end of that month was 1.167 [1] Doesn't look quite as much of a story if one were to write about the British pound "plunging" from 1.167 when the possibility of a Brexit was first mentioned to, umm, 1.15 the day after the vote, does it? BTW, I fully appreciate that the immediate movement due to the outcome of the vote was large, but there were a lot of expectations baked in, Cameron also promptly resigned after "losing" the vote, and political shocks like those aren't necessarily what you look for if you're hoping for a strong currency! [0] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jan/23/david-cameron-eu-speech-referendum https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jan/23/david-camer... [1] https://www.xe.com/currencytables/?from=GBP&date=2013-01-31 https://www.xe.com/currencytables/?from=GBP&date=2013-01-31