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Investors brace for another Brexit surprise

Markets got the original Brexit referendum spectacularly wrong. Some expect more surprises when the UK parliament votes on a formal EU exit deal on December 11

L-R: European Council President Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Theresa May during a special meeting of the European Council on November 25
L-R: European Council President Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Theresa May during a special meeting of the European Council on November 25 Photo: Getty Images

When it comes to Brexit, markets now have a new date to obsess over: December 11.

That is when the UK parliament is set to vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce agreement to leave the European Union. If the vote passes, then the UK is well on the road to an orderly departure from the bloc.

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