If you oppose the Euro you have saved the Uk economy from collapse.....

[case]

...(give your self a big pat on the back)


A long long time ago I came on TF to whinge about some new internet censorship law I didn't like (I forget which one) . My main argument was that if the British people protested against the law the government would be forced to scrap it.*

Everyone laughed at me.

TF's main intellectual heavy weight at the time (the Fuzzinator) said something along the lines of 'he thinks politicians still take notice of the people, how cute, stupid and naive.'


But I think the current situation in Greece validates my position.

Let me explain


A long long time ago the Government wanted nothing more than the UK to join the Euro. Fortunately the Electorate had more than one brain cell between them at the time and easily realised that this WAS A FUCKING STUPID IDEA.

Due to people like you and me being opposed to the idea of the evil Euro Tony Blair was forced to keep the Pound.

At the moment the UK's deficit is very similar in size to Greece’s. So why are we not having to beg money off the Krauts like they are?

The reason is that because we have our own currency instead of a common one we can control our interest rates , which helped us evert economic disaster. As well as this we do not have to bail out Greece just to keep our currency afloat like the Germans are having to. This is why Germany is giving Greece upwards of 30 billion Euros, whilst we are ‘only’ giving them 1 billion Euros ( and we shouldn’t even have to do that ).


So as you can see sometimes people like you and me can prevent the government from making stupid decisions just by protesting about it, and can save the country as a result.

So if your country is ever about to do something stupid, don't feel like you don't have a voice, remember if you protest loudly enough you might change things.




*(this paragraph is largely irrelevant to my main point but I'm really drunk right now so fuck you)

[Mind_Forte]

I agree completely. The euro is retarded.

[AHeartFeltLoss]

I agree. If this country goes to the Euro.We. Are. Fucked.

[Shane]

You make a fair point thurr buddy!

[goodtunesinc]

I don't agree here at all. The reason Greece is so fucked right now isn't anything to do with interest rates, it's terrible fiscal mismanagement on top of a huge credit binge that they simply can't afford to pay back. Yes, this credit binge was fuelled by the increase in confidence given to it by the euro, but that's not analogous at all to us.

On top of that, tax evasion is cripplingly high in Greece, which causes most of these problems. Greece would not be in the same position it is now if more people paid tax correctly and tax enforcement was stronger.

Also, why are you so confident we will not have to go begging to the IMF? If you have read the news today, you'll see we are in a dire position ourselves. Not only that, as we're outside of the eurozone we don't even have the option of going to the ECB, which are generally regarded as less stringent as the IMF. Our country is broke.

[skorpion]

fuck you too

[gemstone]

We haven't saved the economy. It's just getting worse.

[ohhappyday]

Fair dos. And the economy is still bad. Is anybody else still baffled that apparently the world thinks that GB saved the economy, but he actually fucked ours up by selling gold for too low a price?