If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride

Subject: BS: If Great Britain was to swallow irration
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 07:52 AM

I filched these words from another thread ("Ireland and the punt") as I thought they could be the makings of a new thread? The full title (as I couldn't get it all in) should be - "If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride"

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Subject: RE: BS: If Great Britain was to swallow irration
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 08:15 AM

What you talking about then ?

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: If Great Britain was to swallow irration
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 08:23 AM

As the author of the words...

My point was that the manufacturing industry, what is left of it, were lobbying through the CBI and other means to say that if we are serious about being a trading nation, if we are built on export of goods rather than services, then joining the Euro was a no brainer.

The tabloids likened it to having lost the second world war rather than winning it.

Hence, Sterling is wandering all over the place, (ironically making it easier to export!) and blaming Johnny Foreigner is a national sport............ again.

Pragmatism in business seems to rank lower than political capital in being nationalistic. Hence irrational pride.

Just out of interest, I am not being pro European State here. I don't think the political coming together is a good idea and the Treaty of Lisbon was a step too far. However, the original common market of sovereign nations being able to trade goods easier is a concept most Eurosceptics are comfortable with. Until you tell them a common currency is an excellent tool to achieve it. The the irrational pride comes out in force.

Just a throwaway comment at the time, but happy to debate it!

Subject: RE: BS: If Great Britain was to swallow irration
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 08:29 AM

I said before, and I will say again, a dual currency would have been more acceptible to most people.
e g If one pound was worth one Euro, and it has nearly come to that. Then if it had £1 stamped on one side, and €1 on the other, then it might just work. With similar arrangements for DSM's francs, Drachma etc, in the relevant countries.
We would have a readily transferrable currency then, without losing the national affection for ones own currency.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Dead Horse
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 12:33 PM

We'd choke!

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 12:53 PM

Don't be silly! Irrational pride is a God-given right of all Englishmen, and they are NOT about to surrender it.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 01:06 PM

Only the English? Not the other parts of the United Kingdom?

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 01:11 PM

I've always that the right thing to do would have been to declare the the English term for the Euro would "the Quid". Ideally get everyone else to accept the term too - after all it's a good old Latin word, and it sounds a lot better than "Euro".

Now were pretty well at parity - one euro is 90p, one pound is 1.1 euro - all they need do is fix the currencies together. We could still talk about "pounds", and even keep the old coinage and notes.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Rasener
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 01:23 PM

Most of my wifes income is in Euro's whilst working in the UK.
Wish we did use Euro's, then we wouldn't have those greedy W****** B****** Bankers taking huge conversion costs from my wifes income to fatten their greedy bonus fatbag purses.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 02:42 PM

Terry - Sorry! I should not have left out the Scots, the Irish, and the Welsh.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Rasener
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 02:55 PM

Why not, they leave us English out. They all hate us LOL :-)

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Paco O'Barmy
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 03:24 PM

Errhh.. what's this all about then?

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Rasener
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 03:51 PM

Dunno really.

Something about drinking a real ale called "Irrational Pride"

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 08:51 PM

Seems to me it would make a very good name for a new "men's product" such as aftershave lotion...

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Dec 09 - 08:57 PM

And if you swallowed that...it would probably have toxic effects.

Subject: RE: If Great Britain was to swallow irrational pride
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Dec 09 - 12:33 PM

Hey, they already did, and they have my bountiful admiration for it. Look at the point in history when they abandoned empire to build their own nation.