Quadrant Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) You all know my views. I want to know yours, and why! I also don't like the £2 coin because we all know it is a Euro design in disguise :twisted: Edited April 8, 2008 by Quadrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakey Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I say that we should have the Euro. I don't mind change at all and for people like myself who work in Europe it would make life a whole lot easier and I wouldn't lose as much money having to change money occassionally. There are numerous other reasons such as getting rid of sterling will also get rid of sterling overvaluations which would give Britain more control over the economy. A lot of the reasons affect trading and businesses more than individual consumers which is why I believe some people who don't understand it jump on the patriotic bandwagon. Just a couple of views! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringer Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 We use the euro here and I am used to it now though I really missed the deutsche mark when it was out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Keep the pound, I don't really wana write a Briggsy-esque essay on the matter but it's part of our national identity & I don't want to lose it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Keep the pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Mental Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 The new Bank of Scotland notes look questionably Euro, methinks something untold is in the pipeline............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 With the amount of Turkish immigrants coming over, I think it'd be wiser to change to Turkish lira - otherwise they'll find our currency offensive.... Either way though, I couldn't really give a monkeys. I like the pound because its what i'm used to and i'm patrotic, but we're the odd country out now - and its a pain in the arse having to waste a lunch time at work to pop out to change currency whenever i'm popping abroad. Every time I go to Leicester, I need to take foreign currency..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberduck Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Keep the pound please! A quid is a proper coin and you know it when you have it in your hand. Euro's are like play money or something! I don't really study in depth the financial pro's & con's as it isn't something that interests me. I just like having the pound fos heritage sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I'm quite divided on this. I like the idea of a single currency, but having used the Euro myself for most of the last year (whilst living in Spain) I have to admit that the Euro coins in particular don't have the same quality, history, or feel about them as the Pound. As Uber said above, a quid is a proper coin, can't beat it! The piddly euro 'cents' are bloody annoying as well, most of them smaller than our 5p coin. Cheap & nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkybarkid Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I'm from ireland, we've had the Euro for about 5yrs now. Its pants, honestly. We had a national shortage of 1&2c coz no one would use them. so fiddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennox2s2s Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I am also from Ireland and from personal experiences I can tell you that there is no lasting in the euro....For example, 50euro's seem to evaporate as soon as you break them in a shop or pub.....Ireland seems alot dearer with the euro also...Keep the pound...there is so much price variation among the euro states that makes the single currency pointless!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Keep the pound...there is so much price variation among the euro states that makes the single currency pointless!!!! I'm all for keeping the pound, especially after reading about the price variations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Sterling all the way. If we changed to the euro, we would lose out during the changeover. My Dad always says that happened during the decimal changeover. Also, what would happen if we had have changed to the euro with all the recent financial goings ons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I just like being English and I like the pound, because of that. Change isn't a bad thing, but ya know, I'm a traditional kinda person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 The pound isn't just English I would hate it if it went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 The pound isn't just English I would hate it if it went. BRITISH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I just like being English and I like the pound, because of that. Change isn't a bad thing, but ya know, I'm a traditional kinda person. We like tradition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I still want to keep the pound but in answer to your question Steve surely we'd be better off financially if we had changed? The Euro is stronger against the pound now than it's ever been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 True, but would we still have as much control over interest rates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.