Faz Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Now it's pretty clear the Euro is a dead duck, should we allow the Germans and/or the French to join a nice stable currency like the Pound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 fuk em.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Lovin' the xenophobia on here - just lovin' it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Lovin' the xenophobia on here - just lovin' it ok...christ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 you can tell delldays is single at the moment. his posts have been very aggressive the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 bbyou can tell delldays is single at the moment. his posts have been very aggressive the last few weeks. I feel quite sorry for him TBF - he has so much hate in his heart for anyone who isn't like him. Poor lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Quite funny really. When I moved to Italy I was getting nearly €1.5 per £. It's now down to €1.15 per £ so thank goodness I've increased my Italian income. "Stable" is not a word I'd use! "Depreciating" might be better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 bb I feel quite sorry for him TBF - he has so much hate in his heart for anyone who isn't like him. Poor lad You can be a delldays BTF, Just eat oggys and bath in talc, simples,,,,,,,,hooooo look theres a damp spot, te-he, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Lovin' the xenophobia on here - just lovin' it How is it xenophobic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 You can be a delldays BTF, Just eat oggys and bath in talc, simples,,,,,,,,hooooo look theres a damp spot, te-he, Its bad enough you being on the board, let alone having to look at that horrible, sick in the mouth badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 4 August, 2011 Share Posted 4 August, 2011 Now it's pretty clear the Euro is a dead duck, should we allow the Germans and/or the French to join a nice stable currency like the Pound? Thats an amusing concept, but when the euro crashes it will more likely be a question of booting the PIIGS out of it and retaining it for the rest. tbf, I never understood why the french and germans allowed them onboard in the first place. They must have looked at the books, every economist said at its inception they couldnt hack it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 The reason why the euro is screwed is because the Germans are in it. The weaker countries keep the euro relatively weak in comparison to where the Mark would be right now -better for german exports. Let them join the pound and we would be in the same boat as the Greeks before long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Not sure how askig question about allowing another European country to adopt our currency is xenophobic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 I'm a little disturbed by the lack of compassion being shown to people with phobias on here. As MLG will tell you, phobias are involuntary states of mind - a form of mental illness in other words - so I would urge people to show some support and empathy to phobics on here rather than negatively admonish them at every opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 In a heartbeat, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Not sure how askig question about allowing another European country to adopt our currency is xenophobic. Absolutely - no problem with the OP. It was TDD's comment 'fuk em' that I thought to be dubious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Let the Germans in. They're actually a decent bunch these days and seeing as they've single handedly kept the Euro afloat for all the tinpot countries over the years, it's only fair they join a real currency where they're not the sole provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Let them go back to the Reichsmark where you needed a wheelbarrow-full of notes just to buy a loaf of bread. That'll learn 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locksheathsaint101 Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Absolutely - no problem with the OP. It was TDD's comment 'fuk em' that I thought to be dubious. And why is that xenophobic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 A few years ago I was talking to a German at JFK. He though I was American. He was telling me how the British are arrogant because they wouldn't join the Euro and wouldn't do some other stuff that Germany told them to do.............Um, OK then!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 Thats an amusing concept, but when the euro crashes it will more likely be a question of booting the PIIGS out of it and retaining it for the rest. tbf, I never understood why the french and germans allowed them onboard in the first place. They must have looked at the books, every economist said at its inception they couldnt hack it. ars. your right the euro will survive with the strong productive countrys but they should never have let in the weak countrys like greece,italy , spain etc who fiddled their figures to join and im glad the uk is not in the euro because we would not be strong enough to stay in it either so we can devalue our currency whenever we need to hence the fall against the dollar and euro the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 5 August, 2011 Share Posted 5 August, 2011 ars. your right the euro will survive with the strong productive countrys but they should never have let in the weak countrys like greece,italy , spain etc who fiddled their figures to join and im glad the uk is not in the euro because we would not be strong enough to stay in it either so we can devalue our currency whenever we need to hence the fall against the dollar and euro the last few years. Agreed, and I always thought that the countries most desperate to jump on the euro gravy train should have been the ones whose books got most closely scrutinised. Greece has been an economic basket-case for as long as I can remember, (retirement on basically full wages at age 50 for the public sector, which is a massively higher proportion of workers than for any other developed nation,) Italy routinely just added a zero to the lira every decade or so, Spain and Ireland both needed a total rebuild they couldnt afford and guess who was going to pay......ffs, why are the germans so amazed that they are having to bail them out now to keep the currency "credible"? Shouldnt they have realised this? Its what so many economic commentators were saying at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 6 August, 2011 Author Share Posted 6 August, 2011 Thats an amusing concept, but when the euro crashes it will more likely be a question of booting the PIIGS out of it and retaining it for the rest. tbf, I never understood why the french and germans allowed them onboard in the first place. They must have looked at the books, every economist said at its inception they couldnt hack it. Hmmm, wrong. That would cause default amongst the whole PIIGS block. Much better that Germany and it's acolytes found a new currency - or join the Pound, but on our terms of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 6 August, 2011 Share Posted 6 August, 2011 I was told by a German collegue that there is growing pressure on their Gov to go back to their old currency. To be honest, it wouldnt surprise me if they (and a few others) did just that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 7 August, 2011 Share Posted 7 August, 2011 I give the Euro 12 months max... just think, many (including the likes of BTF etc on here) wanted us to stop being little englanders and join up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 7 August, 2011 Share Posted 7 August, 2011 I give the Euro 12 months max... just think, many (including the likes of BTF etc on here) wanted us to stop being little englanders and join up.. The moral of the story is never listen to a Socialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 The moral of the story is never listen to a Socialist. We had 14 years of New Labour, and never joined the Euro, so I don't understand your jibe. I think there are just as many 'pro-Euro' MP's in both Labour and COnservative. Heseltine and Clarke would have gone on a marathon masturbating session if we had joined the Euro. Personally, I am grateful we didn't. If the Euro goes, then hopefully political union will be next and we can just go back to being a 'Common Market'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 The moral of the story is never listen to a Socialist. Mitterand you mean,a total idiot, a socialist who wanted to be a king, we're still paying for his "conneries" even now, hundreds of thousands of "entreprise nationale" workers put out to grass on huge pensions at 50 or so.SNCF,EDF,GDF,PTT, Renault etc, just chucked out all the crap agitators on full pay because King François had to go cap in hand to the Communists to retain power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 (edited) Hmmm, wrong. That would cause default amongst the whole PIIGS block. Much better that Germany and it's acolytes found a new currency - or join the Pound, but on our terms of course. If the germans and the other economically strong eurozone members decamped to another currency, the remaining dregs would have to default anyway. Whats the difference? And in any case, whatever they label it as, they are going to default even as things are. The others cant keep propping them up forever, when spain goes down the toilet the shlt is really going to hit the fan. Edited 8 August, 2011 by scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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