Its pretty much at one of the 3 highest points it has shown over the past 5 years and has been a steady, though slow, climb over the past year. Though what will happen when the results of the French election are revealed after the second round next week, who knows. If Macron wins, maybe not much. If Le Penn wins, then maybe there will be a reaction.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cx250j...nd-sterling-gbp
Edit: and then click on 5yr - sorry, didn;t realise it defaulted to the day chart