Will the political storm around Brexit come to a sensible conclusion?

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Negative sentiment towards UK equities is here to stay, yet the recent market weakness has created some relief for mid-cap stocks: FTSE 250 price to earnings are now closer to the lows of June 2016, despite maintaining a free cashflow margin of 7.44%, which has shown 40% growth over the same period.

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