The British Prime Minister is currently walking on thin ice as he looks set to challenge his own cabinet if they do not support his vision for a divorce from the EU on the 31st of October, with or without a trade deal. The hard-line leader of the Tory party and a strident Eurosceptic, Johnson said yesterday in a speech at a police training centre in Wakefield that he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for a Brexit delay.
He expressed his views after the Labour party publicised its priorities, one of which is the prevention of a no-deal exit from the bloc even at the expense of a new postponement of the Brexit deadline. In response, Johnson would attempt to put the pressure back on his government and on the opposition by seeking a new general election, in a bid to win everything or nothing.
Meanwhile, investors are starting to weigh in heavily on the efficiency of his "Do or Die" rhetoric, and it appears that the market is beginning to lose its confidence in the Prime Minister's abilities to push his agenda through. Thus, Johnson seems to be isolating himself, as investors have started to bet against his demands.
The British 10-year Gilt appreciated for the second consecutive day on Thursday, as the yield of the bond increased with 23.13 per cent by the end of yesterday’s trading session. Thus, the security has risen from the 0.268 all-time low, which was reached on Tuesday, and is currently trading at 0.509, which is just below the 23.6 per cent Fibonacci retracement level at 0.570.