Have the DUP and UUP switched?

Britannist · 12-01-2008, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Northumbrian

I was in a bar in Enniskillen a couple of years back where they accepted euros.

You can go into branches of Marks and Spencer in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and they will (so I am told) accept euros there too.

Britannist · 12-01-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by arden forester

It wouldn't surprise me if Paisley promoted the euro.

One of the most anti-EU people in the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Dr. Paisley was Jim Allister MEP.

Mr. Allister left the DUP last year in protest at Dr. Paisley's decision to work with SIN Fein.

I hope that the DUP has not diluted its strongly eurosceptic approach since the departure of Mr. Allister.

arden forester · 12-01-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cassie

This is a reserved matter!

The NI Assembly cannot adopt any foreign currency ~ which is what the Euro is ~ unless and until it has had a referendum, as specified in the Belfast Agreement, and become independent of Great Britain.

That's all true. But my point was about Paisley promoting it, not legislating for it.

He may offer a sort of "two currencies solution" whereby the euro is general accepted across Northern Ireland just as Scottish banknotes are in the UK. He would always claim the pound sterling sovereign, just that it would be OK to use the euro when it suited, such as for cross border transactions.

cassie · 12-01-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by arden forester

That's all true. But my point was about Paisley promoting it, not legislating for it.

He may offer a sort of "two currencies solution" whereby the euro is general accepted across Northern Ireland just as Scottish banknotes are in the UK. He would always claim the pound sterling sovereign, just that it would be OK to use the euro when it suited, such as for cross border transactions.

Point taken, but what is Paisley's reason?

Any foreign currency regarded as sound (ie as good if not better than one's own) is welcomed in countries all over the world. Examples are sterling and the US dollar in Russia and throughout Africa.

arden forester · 13-01-2008, 12:50 AM

I don't have a specific reason in mind. I'm just commenting on the possibility based on the UKIP response. Paisley may adjust according to circumstances, that's really what I'm saying.

rjt · 13-01-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Britannist

One of the most anti-EU people in the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Dr. Paisley was Jim Allister MEP.

Mr. Allister left the DUP last year in protest at Dr. Paisley's decision to work with SIN Fein.

I hope that the DUP has not diluted its strongly eurosceptic approach since the departure of Mr. Allister.

Indeed Paisley voted against going into the Eu in the 1970s and always seemed hostile to any EU intergration in the past.

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arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,662 Party: None	I don't have a specific reason in mind. I'm just commenting on the possibility based on the UKIP response. Paisley may adjust according to circumstances, that's really what I'm saying. __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

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