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Posted: 11/30/2008 10:23:12 PM | Either the UK will accept the Euro eventually or they will have to get out of the club. Join up and play by the rules like all the other members or shove off and play on your own. The Uk is in a slump at the moment because of your blind sheep like following of all things american, including the dollar.
As for the royal family. What a joke. Send them all down the job centre. See if they can find a job. I doubt very much if this group of retarded inter breds could find any useful employment | |
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Pat78
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Joined: 8/29/2008
Msg: 52 | |
| this bloody currency called 'Euro'
Posted: 11/30/2008 11:46:36 PM | The Royal amily are in employment, they are our biggest tourist attraction and bring an awful lot of money into this Country, far more than they cost.
The economy in the rest of Europe is actually doing worse than our own and I believe we pay more in to it than any other Country. The pound has taken a battering but is still strong and there is no need to dump for it for the Euro. | |
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Posted: 11/30/2008 11:50:42 PM | | The day that we signed up to the common market allllll those years ago, we made a commitment to joining the United States Of Europe , as it will become, and as such we WILL join the euro - just a question of when .... | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 1:43:07 AM | | The Euro has taken over the dollar in value. The US economic guru Alan Greenspan has converted all his dollars to the Euro. It is only a matter of time until the Amero takes ahold in N. America. That will be the next step toward the one world currency. The credit card companies and the banks should prefer to do away with pesky exchange rates and other accounting mishaps. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 2:02:09 AM | The problem with referendum is two fold:
1. The government don't tell the people the facts, plainly and simply, so that they fully understand the pros and cons of whatever proposal is being voted on.
2. The majority of people don't try to find out the facts for themselves and if the government did provide the information in an easy to read format, they would still believe what the tabloids said rather than what the government says.
I don't think that we are taught enough about politics and economics in this country as part of our basic education - in fact we are taught very little if anything about the way our country is ruled, governed and financed and perhaps if we did have even a basic understanding it would make us a bit more interested and informed when we are given an opportunity to take part in a referendum and prevent us from relying on the tabloids to tell us what is going on and what we should do. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 2:15:10 AM |
The majority of people don't try to find out the facts for themselves and if the government did provide the information in an easy to read format, they would still believe what the tabloids said rather than what the government says.
Forgive me for not reading your profile. It isn't necessary to worry about politics and government when you have children to raise. It's easier to let that stuff work itself out on it's own. (Surprisingly, it always does over one's lifetime) The family man/woman's priorities have nothing to do with the news of the day. They hear word of mouth what affects them and only then will they begin to pay attention. It takes drastic measures before the masses actually get involved in the daily happenings of the world. That's why it's always too late before the people actually figure out what's going on. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 2:16:17 AM | I think its inevitable we will join eventually.
The Euro is becoming the worlds major currency, taking over from the dollar. Before long it will be economically unviable for the UK to continue with the pound.
The problem of course is even if/when the point is reached where all economists and politicians are agreed, the euro-sceptic British public will still take more notice of the xenophobic nonsense they read in the Sun and Mail.
Its interesting that in Denmark (usually very euro-sceptic as we are) they are changing their attitude in favour of the euro. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 2:27:41 AM | Sorry Pat , but tourists come to UK to see Windsor Castle, Buck House, Big Ben, Edinburgh, etc.
They certainly will not be catching a sight of Ugly Betty and her disfunctional brood of half wits.
I live in Europe and have done for 21 years. It is not doing worse than your own, believe me. England will always be full of Little Englanders that still think they have an empire. Wake up, it is 2009 in four weeks time.
The world has moved on. Most of us have had an education (unlike 100 years ago) and the UK is getting left behind.
If you have a currency used by 600 million people and another used by 60 million, it does not take an economist to tell you which will become the stronger | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 8:16:07 AM | | Mike in Ibiza, It's pretty obvious that you don't think much of the UK but I repectfully request that that you stop slagging us off for no good reason, some of us actually like it here! | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 9:05:13 AM | Pedro 1976..
Yep you are right,the uk will get the Euro at some stage as most people here dont take any notice till its too late!..
Take the recession our lovely Brown,says we have to borrow (remember no boom and bust here ha ha ha) so now we are going to be 120billion in debt but lots of people have forgot that we could have used some of our gold that we have to pay off thing like this if we need too and not borrow but brown has sold off all our gold reserves when he wanted to prop up the Euro and on the next election we will have two votes on the same day for a new Pm (hope not him) and something that would take us in to the euro/europe some how,its going to come and remember in europe in they don't get the first time they will keep doing in diffrent ways till they get a yes but we are blind to that!
We still have not had a vote on the euro and look at the treaty we were ment to have a vote on also......then said no when thay got basck in!.....he did gave loads of things away to europe so its going to happen,than again its our own FAULT for being blind and not looking.......and taking action. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 1:53:12 PM |
"I know that the majority in Britain are still opposed, but there is a period of consideration under way and the people who matter in Britain are currently thinking about it", he said.
I have to admire Mr Barroso's honesty.
He previously said that the EU is now an empire (voted for by nobody, like most empires), and now he admits that that the voters of Great Britain who don't want the euro are un-important. The EU project is pushed along by a relative handful of despotic politicians who have no interest in the principles of democracy except when a referendum goes their way.
Only those of a nazi disposition are pro-EU. | |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 2:03:31 PM | Given that we are in a worse situation than other countries going into the biggest global recession for at least a generation, are we sure that our currency is going to be in good enough shape to take advantage of being under the Euro currency?
I suspect that they will reject us bringing them down to OUR level! | |
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AlmaM
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Joined: 3/20/2008
Msg: 64 | |
| this bloody currency called 'Euro'
Posted: 12/11/2008 4:31:31 AM | 1 Euro is very close to £1 today... never been closer ... while you would often find that things which cost £1 in UK would cost 2 EURO in EURO zone ..
Not a great holiday news for this year :( | |
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AlmaM
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Joined: 3/20/2008
Msg: 65 | |
| this bloody currency called 'Euro'
Posted: 12/11/2008 5:23:19 AM | €1 = 0.887343 GBP
Yes it is on the front of The Evening Standard £1 = 1.07 EURO
I heard it already started selling 1/1  | |
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Posted: 12/11/2008 5:29:15 AM | The £ is worthless at the minute, another drop in interest rates will take it to the 1:1
It is losing value against most other currencies, most notably the US Dollar | |
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Posted: 12/11/2008 10:17:21 AM | Still the drop in exchange rates means that the UK manufacturing industry might actually be competitive again.
Would help solve a lot of the current employment problems  | |
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AlmaM
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Joined: 3/20/2008
Msg: 68 | |
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Posted: 12/11/2008 10:23:32 AM | Still the drop in exchange rates means that the UK manufacturing industry might actually be competitive again.
Would help solve a lot of the current employment problems
Yes, but it same time means more expensive imports :(
And do not forget how many products are imported ! | |
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Posted: 12/11/2008 10:34:00 AM | yes lots of stuff is imported.
But we used to make all the imported stuff here.
We won't have much choice if the exchange rate continues to drop. | |
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Posted: 12/14/2008 4:23:23 PM | | European friends with European bills - student loans etc are calculating it to be cheaper for them if paid in Euros and packing up. They will be back here for holidays though. The Amero is supposed to be along soonish along the NAFTA highway (Canada to Mexico).......Gold? or solar power units - I can't decide. | |
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Posted: 12/15/2008 3:55:55 AM | guess all the functions and trade stuff that the queen does for pulling in money to the country should be ignored, who would people prefer ? the Queen or President Bottler Brown ?
agree that some of the royals should not be paid for a lot of the stuff that they do, but no royals and a lot of the reasons for tourists to vist will vanish... | |
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Posted: 12/15/2008 6:57:48 AM |
Still the drop in exchange rates means that the UK manufacturing industry might actually be competitive again
Indeed. But unfortunately we no longer have one. | |
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Posted: 12/15/2008 8:14:08 AM |
Still the drop in exchange rates means that the UK manufacturing industry might actually be competitive again
Indeed. But unfortunately we no longer have one.
Yes we do.
Trouble is all we make are weapons.
And "Silicon Glen" was a bright idea, but as with all of these tax-break-influenced schemes, as soon as the tax-break ends, the multi-nationals close up the plant and move to another country with a more pliant government. | |
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Posted: 12/17/2008 6:28:56 AM | quote] NEVER said the Queen had any say in the Euro. I just stated that one of the reasons that the british public will never vote for the Euro is because our currency has our sovereign on it. We are patriots, regardless of what we say, we like our own currency and one of the documented reasons why we won't change is because it would almost be like sticking two fingers up at our heritage.
You could keep her head on coins, each country has a personal touch on their Euro, we have a harp on ours here.
As for tourism, I reckon people would still visit the UK without a monarchy, I know they are no draw for my visiting. | |
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Posted: 12/17/2008 8:25:20 AM |
I just stated that one of the reasons that the british public will never vote for the Euro is because our currency has our sovereign on it. We are patriots, regardless of what we say, we like our own currency and one of the documented reasons why we won't change is because it would almost be like sticking two fingers up at our heritage.
Its probably the major reason.
But other countries have a heritage as well, they don't feel so much at threat by using the euro. Why do we?
Money is simply something you use to pay for stuff. Sentimentality should not be a reason for going one way or the other, it should be decided on economic factors by those in charge. | |
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