The Euro

Ok - So the Daily Mail - being very right wing, anti-Euro, Pro War & full of crap.... has started up a campaign for a referendum on the Euro. The timing is good for this campaign because:
1. Jack Straw thinks we should delay it - TB doesn't.
2. The Anti-French hysteria childishly dredged up during the invasion of Iraq or.. Irarq as its now known.
3. They can use the excuse of TB taking a 'risk' with Irarq because he had Murdoch & USA on his side - but not with the Euro.

Main argument against the Euro seems to be:

We'll lose our sovereignty & control over Health service, roads, education... etc

My answer to this would be - what does our sovereignity stand for??
Shoody health service, poor public transport / roads, poor education system...

Well - compared to the rest of Europe anyhow - so why do we want to remain so far apart??

The only thing we'll lose control over is borrowing.

And the long-term economic consequences of the worlds 4th largest economy (which doesn't take into account its poor recent performance... Anyone tried getting a new job recently???) Of discouraging foreign investment (which would create jobs) is pretty suicidal!!

The Euro has been strongly gaining on the Pound, & foreign investment is threatening to pull out.

Views, issues, concerns??

Mike

Just join for god's sake. Can't get any worse

It does gets worse. Over here the prices have nearly doubled.

same here. but thats not likely to happen in england

joining the single currency is a bad thing simply because the 1cent coins are small and fukin annoying to pull out of your wallet when your tanked up.

just do it like the finnish: abandon all the 1 and 2 cents

Then everything will be rounded up

Pretty lame excuse though Richie - for condeming the future of our economy

oh dear...straight over your head

I got it

in all seriousness though, they are a pain after spanish industrial strength vodka