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Question: When was the last time the British electorate was polled about the joining the euro? I keep hearing that they are against joining but I never see any figures.

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by RogueTrooper on Fri Dec 12th, 2008 at 02:29:01 PM EST
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Britons back euro, NOP poll suggests - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

The Government would win a referendum on the euro if it came out in favour of British membership of the single currency, an influential poll showed yesterday.

The Government would win a referendum on the euro if it came out in favour of British membership of the single currency, an influential poll showed yesterday.

Britons would vote narrowly to abolish the pound provided the Government said its tests for the euro were met and the country's leaders campaigned in favour of joining.

An NOP poll for the investment bank Barclays Capital found that under those conditions, 40 per cent would support UK membership of the euro, and 39 per cent would vote against.

Barclays said it was the first time an independent UK survey had found a majority in favour of the euro. Opposition to entry without government backing also softened. A net balance of 27 per cent would oppose joining, compared with 31 per cent last month.

"It is very clear from our research that there has been a major shift in attitudes towards the euro in the last few months," David Hillier, Barclays Capital's chief UK economist, said.

The poll triggered a fresh row between the lobby groups on either side of the euro debate. Britain In Europe said the launch of euro notes and coins had reduced opposition. The No Campaign said it was always possible to get a "funny result" from a hypothetical question. "The public are two to one against, despite distorted media coverage of the euro launch being a success," a spokesman said.

Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, became the latest cabinet minister to back the euro. In a speech on the manufacturing industry, she said the pound's exchange rate against the euro was "causing difficulties" for British firms.

"The potential benefits of euro membership in terms of trade, transparency, costs and currency stability lead us to support it in principle," she said.

In the autumn of 2007, just over a third (34%) of UK citizens believed
that membership of the European Union was a good thing with 31%
taking a neutral view and 28% saying that membership was `a bad thing'.   http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb69/eb69_uk_exe.pdf

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Dec 12th, 2008 at 03:07:40 PM EST
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Re: Googling uk attitudes to Euro polls (4.00 / 2)
And just last September the LibDems dropped their longstanding Euro accession plank from their European election platform. And this is after having advocated a referendum on EU membership rather than on the Lisbon Treaty on the argument that the British electorate would actually vote for EU membership if given the choice to stay or quit (rather than having a referendum on Lisbon interpreted as a referendum on membership).

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 13th, 2008 at 11:00:18 AM EST
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