Question for our UK posters...

[Donut]

Originally posted by Throntar: Thanks for the insights guys... I guess I wouldn't be too happy about it if a conglomeration of countries tried to tell me that I couldn't use the USD, so I can understand the sentiment... I read that 75% figure in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday (Pulitzer-owned paper). I thought that it came off of the AP wire, but I can't find the friggin' article on AP today. I thought that seemed a little high. It said something like... ---Although Blair has won re-election, his push to move to the Euro will not be an easy path. Although he favors it, he still has to convince the other 75% of the UK that it is a good idea. (The poll was conducted by Gallup, I believe)--- Please understand that I am paraphrasing here. If I can locate the article online, I will post the link.

I'm not disputing the 75% figure - I'm sure that's true, it's just that the figure is skewed because of the way the question was phrased.

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[antonius]

All good points, but as it stands there are enough people willing to override logic with political dogma - and those people just got re-elected.
Once a government decides on a course of action it is VERY difficult to reverse.
Since people have no minds of their own due to the mass-media there is no electoral will. In 20 years time it could well be the status-quo. I doubt anyone will remember the arguments either way, it will have "just happened".
The government enforces the "inevitable" line so that people will believe it.

[Leagle]

I will not repeat the other reasons, but it also has a really naff name, the "Euro".

I used to the the Ecco, which was cool, but it is that no longer. I don't know why.

[antonius]

Originally posted by Leagle: I will not repeat the other reasons, but it also has a really naff name, the "Euro".

Eurodollar would have been better (Cyberpunk, anyone?).

Originally posted by Leagle: I will not repeat the other reasons, but it also has a really naff name, the "Euro". I used to the the Ecco, which was cool, but it is that no longer. I don't know why.

They changed the name to "Euro" as it is the same word in almost all the European languages.

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