Pound soars as Johnson heads for landslide British election win
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound surged more than 2% on Thursday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party looked set for a decisive election victory that markets believe makes an orderly exit from the European Union all but certain.Sterling's dramatic gains saw it reach a 19-month high versus the dollar and its strongest levels against the euro since shortly after the 2016 Brexit referendum.Its jump - as much as 2.5% - versus the dollar put it on course for one of its biggest..