British pound surges as Johnson heads for landslide election win

The British pound soared to multi-year highs on Thursday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party looked set for a big parliamentary majority that markets believe means an orderly exit from the European Union.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.Chastened by 3-1/2 years of political instability in Britain, investors have seized on the likelihood of a decisive C