mmmm - the euro

[????]

"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

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Darling ????

Exactly my sentiments. I found myself screaming "That would be the Demos then you ****wit!" when I listened to it on the radio.

[mockney piers]

"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

[PeckhamRose]

I think the whole world should speak one language and have one currency but then I live on another plane(t).

[EDOldie]

The trouble is that in many parts of the world there is only one currency thats meaningful, the US dollar. I think we should chuck our lot in with the septics and ditch the pound in favour of the dollar. Then you could be $$$$.

[mockney piers]

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."

[mockney piers]

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.

[SteveT]

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.

[mockney piers]

Weak ? great for tourism and exports.

Currency fluctuations give with one hand and take with the other. Yes I braved the west end for christmas shopping on friday, incredibly busy and it did seem a bit crisis, what crisis?

[Brendan]

Britain?s current financial situation along with its erratic and unregulated economy and almost complete subservience to the frankly dangerous America may very well mean that it is too much of a liability for the rest of Europe to want to share their currency with.

[Jimbob]

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.

[????]

I fear I will shortly be changing my name to YYYY (sorry can't do the line through it thingy)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

May we call you Delilah for short?