I would love it, but I don’t hold out hope. If we did, I would fully expect us to make plenty of concessions and agree to extra restrictions to stop us leaving the next time a prime minister wants to appease the eurosceptics. But I think what’s much more likely is continued re-integration into EU/European networks and systems from outside the EU at a higher cost than before. It might be humiliating to nationalists, but at the end of the day our future is bound to that of the rest of Europe and working together is a matter of survival, not principle.
Several EU member countries never introduced the Euro, e.g. Denmark and Hungary, so I don’t see why the UK couldn’t keep the pound. Participation in the common currency has always been entirely optional.
I would love it, but I don’t hold out hope. If we did, I would fully expect us to make plenty of concessions and agree to extra restrictions to stop us leaving the next time a prime minister wants to appease the eurosceptics. But I think what’s much more likely is continued re-integration into EU/European networks and systems from outside the EU at a higher cost than before. It might be humiliating to nationalists, but at the end of the day our future is bound to that of the rest of Europe and working together is a matter of survival, not principle.
I don’t see the EU allowing the UK to keep the pound if they rejoin which at present is a complete deal-breaker even for most remain voters.
Several EU member countries never introduced the Euro, e.g. Denmark and Hungary, so I don’t see why the UK couldn’t keep the pound. Participation in the common currency has always been entirely optional.