Should the UK ditch the pound and adopt the Euro ? Poll Discussion

bengal-stripe

lindseykim13 wrote: »

we have pollish coming over to work, no problem, but i know alot of british people who are having to learn pollish to communicate with them in the work place, now shouldnt they be learning our language?

What about you, starting to learn (and write) correct English? What is 'pollish'?

Gordon_the_Moron

andrewbolt wrote: »

I'm always amused by this 'we wouldn't have control of our interest rates' argument, as if 'we' meet the Prime Minister in the pub every weekend to tell him what we want done about interest rates.

'We' have a single explicit control - our election vote. I don't know if anyone ever votes purely because they believe that their best interest will be served by one party's ability to set the interest rates appropriately.

There seems to be an assumption that non-elected bureaucrats have no idea about how interest rates work, compared to people elected on their ability to smile charmingly.

The BOE base rate is set at the level it is at by people who know what they are doing, how can one rate suit the whole of Europe?

dromore_Norman

If you can understand the problems for someone like myself, living in Northern Ireland, who drives about 15 miles down the road and has to change my money to make a purchase in the Republic - I am sure the citizens in the South, who live near the border, feel the same way as I do and would welcome us joining the Euro.

Cornishsaver_3

Do we want to give even more control over the UK to the Eurocrats in Brussels. At least now our Government can use both taxation and monetry policy to keep things on track. Look at how other countries keep fudging the issues when they hit so called EU limits on borrowing etc.
I agree, and we can vote out incompetent and corrupt MPs, but unelected Eurocrats are untouchable.

thanmuwa

shaymenRup wrote: »

Here here.

What has Europe brought us other than - the failed European exchange rate mechanism.

Common agricultural Policy which put most of our farmers out of business.

Fishing quotas - that are abused by every nation but ours.

The Criminals protection charter otherwise known as the Human Rights Act.

The Euro which was calculated so that it meant a massive rise in costs to everyone.

And not forgetting a bunch of waster bureaucrats who spend weeks dreaming up barmy laws, earning obscene amounts of money whilst letting fraud and mismanagement fritter away the billions we pay over the odds to be a member of this club.

And the benefits are ...............

I'm still waiting to find out!

The ERM evolved into the (successful) Euro.
Ireland don't abuse fishing quotas, nor do most other EU nations. A few do, notably Spanish fishing fleets.
You disagree with human rights? Or just other people's human rights?
The Euro didn't mean a massive rise in cost for everyone. To give another example, car prices, which were much much higher in Ireland than in the UK before the Euro, have begun to be affected by the ability to directly compare with continental prices (if it is €10,000 in France, why should I pay €20,000 here?). As soon as Ireland switch to left-hand drive, that process will be complete, cheaper cars for everyone.
Don't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail about European directives.... In the Medical Devices industry (I choose that as a work -related example) a lot of European safety legislation is based on originally UK and German safety standards.... ie a lot of the time those barmy laws you talk about originated in the UK. And a lot of the rest (straight bananas etc) are made up by journalists to see how gullible people really are.

Pteradactyl

I personally do not think that we should even stay in Europe. The 'one size fits all' currency can too easilly go off the rails - you only have to look at the fudges and dare I say it corruption applied so far. We are all paying for whether we have the Euro or not. :beer:

thanmuwa

Pteradactyl wrote: »

I personally do not think that we should even stay in Europe. The 'one size fits all' currency can too easilly go off the rails - you only have to look at the fudges and dare I say it corruption applied so far. We are all paying for whether we have the Euro or not. :beer:

What, like the dollar did? Oops, silly me, the dollar works perfectly as a "one size fits all" currency and has probably played a large part in driving the US economy to its dominant position in the world. Why would the Euro be different?
Out of interest, where are you going when you leave Europe? I hear Africa is nice and warm this time of year :rotfl:
In all seriousness, I reckon it will be harder and harder to keep heads stuck in the sand as the Eurozone continues to surround the UK. I can't see Northern Ireland holding out that much longer as it realises the economic benefits of a reunited Ireland now that a government is finally sitting in Stormont. I reckon Scotland won't be much longer after that, what with the first SNP government elected. Winds of change eh? :beer:

everythingblogcast

No No No, the £ is our money the peoples money. The PM does not have the right to decide to get rid of our money after all we pay them to run the country - badly so thats why we should elected a new goverment one for the people and will improve Health care, education etc and NOT waste money our money on other countries such as Iraq (like who cares that country was in ruins before we got into it, why should we fix it). And paying criminals money because they are released from jail 18 days early hold on a minute you went to jail for a crime and you have more stuff and get more money then some good people in the country.

everythingblogcast

thanmuwa wrote: »

. I can't see Northern Ireland holding out that much longer as it realises the economic benefits of a reunited Ireland now that a government is finally sitting in Stormont. I reckon Scotland won't be much longer after that, what with the first SNP government elected. Winds of change eh? :beer:

Northern Ireland wouldnt go to the € and most of the population does not want a united Ireland, more then 70% wants to remain with the UK. Where did you get your information?

roysterer

Ditching the pound would cause rampant inflation, everything rounded up to the whole euro.
I can remember decimalisation in the early 70s that had the same effect.
dont let these freeloading Whitehall lackies (otherwise known as politicians)
fool and rob you anymore than they already do.
What would the Germans do if they could return to the Deutch Mark, it would be goodbye Euro thats for sure?