Should Britain transfer to the Euro? - [Closes 14/04/07]

[Fonejacker]

we will join the euro but proberly 2010 lol

[alexxxxx]

It's not really a question of if it's when.

[Oni]

It's not really a question of if it's when.

Probably but not necissarily.

No, why should we all be the same? It makes us individual even if it is less practical infact im not really sure if it is. If I go to another county I can withdraw my money out of my bank there so it will change anyway.

Also you cant just print out more money otherwise we will get hyperinflation like germany did after WWI. 400DM was $1 then a few years later 130,000 Million DM was $1 destroying savings and making most people poor.

[Mentor]

i think we should change to euros, yeah it will be confusing to start with but not impossible things will still be priced in pounds with euros aswell for the first few years and you'd graduallly get used to it. It seems like we're one of the only countries in the EU that aren't willing to change.

Tbh thats exsactly what there already doing.

I'd like to see some proof that the economy has been damaged in countries that have switched to the euro.

Wating the news occaonly is a great source of general knowledge, although even the ECB is saying it (European central bank)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e91271e8-dec...00e2511c8.html

Im guessing they have some idea on what there on about

And LOL that guy who said
'we have full control of are economy and can easy adjust the currency to make it perfect for groth in this country'
What you chattin foo' stop pretending you know what you're talking about

Whos pretending? all im pointing out is some massively simplistic economics? which is all pretty obvious and is genral knowlage to a great deal of people? I quite like to know whats going on in the world myself, so staying up to date on this stuff is somthing i take time to do, unluckly to few do these days which is why the idiot vote (the people who just vote for the people they always vote for, regaudless of policys) is keeping the popularty contest goverments in power, when was the last time, conservitive or labor actualy demonstated a clear policy on anything. There almost identical these days, who can appear more green, The govement needs a shake up pretty desperatly imo.

I can offer a great deal more reasons against joining on to eurpe at all, its eurpes fault we have identity cards comeing in for one, simply becuse eurpoe has no imgration rules between the countarys. For most of eurpoe this makes no difference, they all have identity cards so its easy to know whos who. The UK doesnt, its in the magnacarta, its one of our most basic rights not to need to prove our identitys, its an intergal part of the court proccess. This if we continue will be gone

It's not really a question of if it's when.

If the euro collapses, im guessing we wont be moveing to it. So the if is still a big factor here. Plus dispite the goverment thinking people are completely stupid, no everyone is, this is still a democrasy (ish) and im certainly note gona vote posativly in any refrandum on the subject.

[Kaixx]

I don't think we should change to euros. It's pointless. Just stay with pounds, it's been like this for ages, and I don't see any point in changing it. It's not worth the bother.

[Chili]

Personally i think it shoulld stay.

[:Liam]

Stay with the pound! That way people wont get confused. We should stay independent.

[NekkLe]

Keep it, everyones happy with it. It isn't effecting anyone, immigrants come here, work hard for there money and are happy with the money they get because its almost double when they convert it depending on where they come from.

We don't want to all jump in the bandwagon now.

[Internet]

I live in Spain and I miss pounds Lol, keep the pound in the UK, it's better than the euro.

[Hett]

I think definatly not, we don't need the euro and the pound is what we need to keep Britain British, which it is clearly not anymore with all this American influence and how British words are slowly beeing forgotten. For example I must have heard about twenty people say Trash, Sidewalk, Awsome etc.