The euro has failed, threatens democracy, and should be abolished...

[meridian]

If by retreat do you mean Operation Dynamo? Where I hasten to add, civilians risked their lives helping to rescue more than 336,000 British and French soldiers who were trapped on the beaches at Dunkirk during the Second World War.

As for bailed out, we were aided by our allies, just as Germany was aided by its own.

A simple "yes" would have done.

[Yorkie62]

I thought about the "or are they going to simply occupy the other EU states and start the 4th Reich?".

What do you mean start? You see that is the beauty of the plan. You don't know its started because its all being done by stealth.

[scooterscot]

Pound hasn't been very good for Scotland... but has been excellent for England

FTFY

[TwoWolves]

They are doing it every day by providing solid foundation to the single currency which keeps inflation low.

It amazes me to see morons commenting on how bad Italy got it when their lira was exchanged at rate of 2000 loars for 1 euro

2 fooking thousand - they’d be in the millions by now without euro

It also makes their goods and services very unattractive to external customers both within the EU and outside. That's the problem, that's why they can't pay off their debt.

[Platypus]

FTFY

Thanks Scooter! If the Scots want their own currency, go right ahead !

EDIT: could be the Euro soon

[scooterscot]

Hope Scotland joins the Euro. The UK needs to join the Euro. That would be sweet.

[Platypus]

The UK needs to join the Euro.

I believe it's widely accepted that this would have been very bad for the UK. Perhaps that's what you meant?

[Mordac]

Hope Scotland joins the Euro. The UK needs to join the Euro. That would be sweet.

Dream on, they won't let Scotland in. They have enough basket-case economies already

[Federico Razzoli]

If they include Scotland, they will have whiskey. Which means, no more reasons to have commerce with the UK

[scooterscot]

I believe it's widely accepted that this would have been very bad for the UK. Perhaps that's what you meant?

It would have been better for the UK.

40% of our trade is with Euro using countries, not no more need for companies to buy up wods of Euro to hedge their bets in these uncertain times.