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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7777448.stm
Still not enough for me to ever think about getting a posting back to the UK. Means my wage wont go as far. But im sure my overseas allowance will go up to make up the shortfall.
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Some say the pound was overvalued anyway. These things go up and down so I'm not to concerned. The euro has been edging for some time now.
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I heard the British might be ditching the pound and taking up the Euro. Any truth to that? I can't remember where I got that, NPR maybe.
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I very much doubt that would happen in the current economic climate.
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Iceland is considering joining the EU as a result of the financial crisis tho and N.Ireland is expected to turn towards the EU more after the next Lisbon Treaty referendum.
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Ti is something that has been murmered in certain circles but know it won't happen. Not yet anyway.
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At the moment though who knows what the Fuhrer Brown will decide.
The thing is haveing the pound even a weak one gives us independence. The euro thing when setting rates doesn't account for those countries whose economies are doing well while others are not. The ECB sets the rate based on an average so it can sting certain countries. |
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I agree....and am definitely a subscriber to the 'Britain is an island race' lobby.
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![]() Just accept the fact that you are part of the EU and ditch the pound. It serves you no good. |
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How can you say that?
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And I don't think it will stop, it will plunge even more. What I've never understood on the other hand is why you english hate so much europe and don't want to participate in european affairs, but when you receive european funds all is good and dandy eh ? ![]() If you don't want to be part of europe its ok, but don't stay with one foot in and one foot out. De Gaulle was so right about the english and why he oposed so strenously their entry into the EEC. Leave them to themselves. |
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Part of the reason why is because the way the euro commission just wants to impose something which we have no say as to whether we want it or not.
Also it seems very much a one policiy fits all situation. The ECB sets rates on the economy as a whole and you can get some countries in the EU which are doing really well but get hit when ECB makes a change in fiscal policy because maybe the rest aren't doing so well. You might say that is the same in the UK with some regions preforming better than others but europ is a bit more complicated that that. I have no problem with Europe as a trading bloc with harmonised technical standards etc to make it easier to sell a product across Europe but the whole thing is getting too political and going as far as wanting to be able to dictate the tax rates set by individual governments. |
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