Some 71 percent of respondents were against joining the euro, with only 23 percent in favour, the ICM survey for BBC Radio found. People were unswayed by the recent rockiness of the pound, which has plummeted to almost parity with the euro after the Bank of England slashed interest rates to fend off recession. The poll found that 69 percent of people felt such fluctuations made no difference to whether Britain should join the single currency and 14 percent said it actually made them less inclined. Only 15 percent said the pound's fall made them keener on ditching sterling for the euro.
People were unswayed by the recent rockiness of the pound, which has plummeted to almost parity with the euro after the Bank of England slashed interest rates to fend off recession.
The poll found that 69 percent of people felt such fluctuations made no difference to whether Britain should join the single currency and 14 percent said it actually made them less inclined.
Only 15 percent said the pound's fall made them keener on ditching sterling for the euro.
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