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Should Britain join the Euro?
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GCSE ENGLISH PERSUASIVE WRITING: SHOULD BRITAIN JOIN THE EURO? The decision that faces the government about whether or not the United Kingdom should join the European single currency, the euro, is one of the most important economic decision the government has had to make in sixty years. In 1944 Britain joined a system of fixed exchange rates to ensure that after the war the currency was stable. This system was called the Bretton Woods system and it lasted until the early 1970's. Under the Breton Woods system Britain still retained the pound. If we choose to join the euro, the difference will be that the change will be permanent and the pound sterling will cease to exist altogether. There are a number of arguments to be put across for and against the United Kingdom joining. A lot of these arguments are political, instead of economic. Indeed it is a totally separate argument as...
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