• Cable elicited support pre-1.3500 after pound dipped on UK political news

• PM Starmer pleads ignorance over Mandelson, resists pressure to resign

• 1.3500 is a former resistance level. 1.3505 was early London three-day low

• Rally from 1.3505 topped out by 1.3540 (Wednesday's low was 1.3545)

• 1.3595 was two-month peak Thursday. Trump says Iran war should end "soon"

• Warsh confirmation hearing on April 21. UK local elections on May 7

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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)