Should Britain Join The Euro?

Prompted by Newsnight...

Apparently some unidentified top government ministers have said that they believe we would have been better off today had we joined the Euro earlier. The Euro-zone will soon comprise 16 nations, and although the Pound is down and the Euro is up, it hasn't yet reached 1=1. It could if we joined, though... couldn't it? Should the Pound Sterling be consigned to the scrap heap?

strawberry float NO.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Jax** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:02 pm

I don't know much about how it'd affect us, but there are things like having to convert all machines that take money. Even though all countries that took on the Euro before have had to do that, they were in a better economical situation at the time.

Is it not kind of inevitable that sooner or later this will happen?

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Jax** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:05 pm

Well, the £20 note looks like a Euro note for a reason.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Benj** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:06 pm

The fact that the Bank of England will no longer set the interest rate is reason enough to give this a no. x

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **bear** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:06 pm

What makes you think we'd let you join?

And no, it makes buying stuff from Amazon much cheaper for me.

Better the euro than the Riyal anyway, because that'll be the other option in another 20 years or so.

Nah.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Stig** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:30 pm

bigcheez2k3 wrote:strawberry float NO.

What a bellend :lol:

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Jaxley wrote:I don't know much about how it'd affect us, but there are things like having to convert all machines that take money.

Like they don't do this already to make new notes?

Jaxley wrote:Even though all countries that took on the Euro before have had to do that, they were in a better economical situation at the time.

Were they?

:fp:

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **bear** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:37 pm

Stig wrote:
Jaxley wrote:Even though all countries that took on the Euro before have had to do that, they were in a better economical situation at the time.

Were they?

Surely everyone was seeing as the Euro changeover didn't happen at the same as the

worst financial crisis this world or any other has ever known

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Entrusting monetary policy to a removed European body would be seriously damaging.

You simply cannot create a monetary policy that is the best possible fit for twenty odd different countries with twenty very diverse economies.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Jax** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:38 pm

Stig wrote:
bigcheez2k3 wrote:strawberry float NO.

What a bellend .

Jaxley wrote:I don't know much about how it'd affect us, but there are things like having to convert all machines that take money.

Like they don't do this already to make new notes?

Jaxley wrote:Even though all countries that took on the Euro before have had to do that, they were in a better economical situation at the time.

Were they?

I said i don't know. Also, yes they were, several years ago. We weren't in a bad global recession at the time.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **Lotus** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:41 pm

I'd rather we didn't.

Yes, you bastards. It'll make the bargains thread a lot easier on the eye, for one thing.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by KK » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:48 pm

Absolutely not.

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **SEP** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:49 pm

BACK OFF, BRUSSELS!

But then what will separate me from the filthy Irish?

PostRe: Should Britain Join The Euro? by **SEP** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:51 pm

Look Over There wrote:But then what will separate me from the filthy Irish?

Build some sort of wall. All along the border.

Cropolite wrote:Yes, you bastards. It'll make the bargains thread a lot easier on the eye, for one thing.

Thats quite possibly the lamest reason for joining the euro Crapolite!

For the Uk to join the Euro at this current point in time would just create an even bigger financial nightmare for the labour party, as it will cost hundreds of millions of pounds! to convert to the euro, every single shop will need some kind of adjustment, and with us being in enough financial debt as is it at the moment, thats just one of the reasons we should not join the euro.

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