Should britain join the euro?
The question depends a lot on ones point of view, if one looks at everyday prices for necessities such and food and household expenditure then yes, the UK is horribly overpriced for the most essential of items. Please think carefully before disagreeing, we have bought many of the same products in the UK & here in France, our prices are so much cheaper even with the Euro being so expensive for UK citizens. Some very simple examples: “Washing Powder”, made in the UK and exported to us; the brand is “Ariel”, we can buy a 5 kilo box for 11 Euros (£10.00) yet the same size is not available in the UK. There the largest box is 2.5 kilos and the price £8.95 (9.85 Euros). Another example “Mineral Water”, brand “Badoit”: Price in Tesco’s Plymouth 88 pence a litre bottle (0.97 Euros), Carrefour Vannes – 2.3 Euros for 6 one litre bottles (£2.09) or 34 pence a bottle!! White goods: LEC fridge/freezer, Model Lec TF5089W, Tesco price £369.97 (406.96 Euros). “Darty” price (Vannes) 295 Euros (£268.18),
