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"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.


Jose Barroso on the Euro and UK entry...er, the people 'that matter', Mr Barroso are the electorate...this sentence in essence sums up why many of us (not the two headed, UKIP, liitle englanders of which the 'liberal' media smear/label anyone who questions anything about the EU )remain deeply suspicious of european government...it's all about the 'elite' knowing what's best for us plebs eh.....I remain in the unconvinced pot

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"european government...it's all about the 'elite' knowing what's best for us plebs"


Substitute European for pretty much anything and it still rings true.

Westminster, Strasbourg, same **** different ****.


Having said that the pound is in freefall and the Euro may soon be the world's dominant currency.

Have you thought about changing your name to ????? ;-P

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Touch? :))


On another matter can anyone check to see if there's any credibility to these figures?


"Incredibly, financial bailouts being approved in Washington now add up to $8.5 trillion, a figure beyond comprehension. ABC News commented: "In comparison, the total U.S. cost of World War II, adjusted for inflation, was $3.6 trillion. The bailout will cost more than the total combined costs in today's dollars of the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the entire historical budget of NASA, including the moon landing."

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Well this comes from a different perspective, and has world war 2 at $5 trillion with Iraq at $3 trillion.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3419840.ece


Bear in mind both this and the bailout have been almost entirely funded by borrowing, the vast majority of which has been bought up by the Chinese, I wouldn't be throwing in my lot with that currency. Mind you, the pounds not looking any healthier if Gordon gets to solve all our borrowing woes by...err..borrowing lots more.

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SteveT Wrote:

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> France Germany and other euroites would rather be

> back with their own currencies if they had a magic

> wand to wave.

>

> My daughter in Selfridges says it is full of

> French and Irish buying their xmas goodies since

> the latest ? to euro freefall.



that won,t be a patch on the irish border towns, espicially the shopping mecca that is newry. its always had more than its fair share of shoppers from the south, but with the weak pound and the decrease in uk vat and the increase in free state vat, its going ballistic. as the old saying goes, newry is booming, only not literally this time.

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