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31 January 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at8:41 pm

The Economist has a piece it has made public (no registration required to view) on the likelihood the Government will try to get Britain into the Euro zone starting in May next year. As a euro-phile I am encouraged at its optimism, although I felt it was perhaps trying a little hard to see the bright side. After all, even if the Government strongly backed joining, the poll they quote suggests the balance of opinion against joining would still be 8%.

Not surprisingly, “Only C2s, Ds and Es (semi-skilled, unskilled and manual workers) remain opposed” to joining…