Hip Dip Pen and Ink

Hip Dip Pen and ink, or is it one potato two potato three potato more..., these are the kind of things we did when we were children to pick sides. Perhaps we should use this when we decide or the politicians decide if we should join the Euro or not, because at the end of the day nobody knows which way to jump and this applies to the so called financial or economic experts because like the average citizenen, they may be a little more educated on the subject, but when the truth is known they haven't got a clue. You have only to listen to them on Newsnight disagreeing with each other as the put forward their cases for being in or out, if they can't agree what chance has the average citizen?  The one time when it does affect the average  citizen is when they are trying to get the best exchange rate for their holiday money. For the rest of the year it doesn't seem to concern them. To the business person that may be a different thing especially when dealing with the exchange rate for their goods, but if we were in the Euro then this wouldn't affect them only when dealing with the American market. I have to be honest and say that I was against joining the Euro, but if the Euro recovers and the French and Germans and the Benelux countries and Austria and Finland and perhaps Sweden get even closer together then Britain will have less sway on what happens in the European Union Britain's voice will be drowned out with these countries not wanting to know what Britain thinks even if we have positive comments to make. On these grounds alone I think that we should join the Euro. But again what do I know not being a financial or economic student, but like everybody else I have a gut feeling that....