Taffy, I’m not anti-euro because I have some kind of sentimental attachment to the pound, I just can’t see how a single currency can work for a group of countries all with different economies.
Did you watch the programme, “The Great Euro Crash” on BBC 2 last week? It was a real eye opener. It pains me to say it, but I agree with former Tory Chancellor Norman Lamont. A common currency cannot work without fiscal union and fiscal union cannot work without political union.
I agree with you on the positives you highlighted. I visit Europe quite often and although it annoys me taking an exchange hit, it’s a price I’m prepared to pay. I could never support political union across Europe because it would lead to a centralised unaccountable bunch of Eurocrats ram raiding through their agenda unchallenged.
Just look how the foundations of democracy are crumbling in Greece and Italy now. >
Looks very much like Gordon Brown did get at least one thing right. :-/ ;D
