Euro Referendum before next election still a faint hope?

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Gordon has just sat down. The best news of the speech was that a draft referendum bill will be introduced in the autumn and that the tests will be re-evaluated in march. No real measures about forcing conergence, but I guess that was too much to ask. At least they are going to move us on to the EU/G8 inflation measure so at least our inflation will be comperable with that of the eurozone.

Euro entry as soon as possible please.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 9 June 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

He talked about the end of currency volatility. That's a definite plus. It would certainly make shopping easier for the tourists that visit Britain---no change jingling in the pockets. Though I can see the benefit to the larger corporations, how will the small companies benefit? Increased traffic?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 9 June 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think that there's even a faint hope that there'll be a referendum before the next election. I think it's almost certain that Lithuania will join the euro before the UK does.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 9 June 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

This is assuming that the Government has a hope in hell of winning a Euro referendum in this Parliament or next, which lets face it, they don't. Yes I know this is partly their own fault etc etc, but even without their feeble attempts at advancing the case/allowing the Eurohysteric press to get the upper hand, it still looked like an uphill struggle.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 June 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Euro referendum before next election = no Euro ever, essentially. I think it would be very, very difficult for this or any government to lose the thing and then attempt to push forward at some later date.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 June 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

referendum paving bill = sop to pro-Euro members of the cabinet to ensure unity. i very much doubt we will actually have a referendum this Parliakent

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 9 June 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

(Parlia*m*ent)

that apart, the CHX's statement was a total non-surprise. Treasury leaked to the Financial Times months ago that 4 out of 5 tests would be "failed"

Matt is OTM

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 9 June 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

on the news tonight, they were making a big deal of the differences between the housing market in the uk and the countries of the Eurozone and saying that there needed to be a move to fix-rate mortgages here so the market could be more stable.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 9 June 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone think we should all spam the Daily Mail referendum with anti-referendum, pro-Euro votes, just to annoy them?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

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