Wednesday 1 April 2009

Scoop:Is Britain planning on joining the Euro?

C@W have had a source emailing data for the last few weeks. This source, within the Royal Mint has been privy to some secret high level discussions that have recently taken place.
Although the whole picture has yet to emerge it looks increasingly likely that the United kingdom will abandon Sterling and join the Euro before the end of this parliament.

It is expected that Prime Minister Brown wishes to make the announcement during the G-20 meeting of world leaders to demonstrate his commitment to finding global solutions and his belief that nations must join and work together and forgo protectionism.
This is the price that Germany and France have demanded for endorsing and carrying out the fiscal stimulus package.

British 2 Euro Pattern Coin
British 5 Euro Cent Pattern Coin
British 1 Euro Pattern Coin

We obviously cannot reveal too much detail, but from another, separate source at the Bank of England it appears that the meeting between Mervyn King and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, was to approve the prototype design of the new Euro currency for the UK. Samples of these coins have been sent to us here. The enormous task of replacing the currency has been proceeding in secret ever since Sterling began falling in October 2008.






Queen Elizabeth II greets Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King at a meeting at Buckingham Palace, central London

We have a final piece of evidence, currently being flown in from Munich by CU and we hope to see it arrive shortly, when we will do an update, before turning some of the evidence over to the BBC and other mainstream media outlets.

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28 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:44 am

    Wow, wonder how they will spin this

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  2. Anonymous12:56 am

    So is this an aprils fool, or am i thinking of gordo on any other day??

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  3. Well this would be a first for me. Ahead of the curve for a change ! Therefore ...


    ;-)

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  4. Nice joke. Events Dear Boy also has a good one.

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  5. Radical1:21 am

    Italian paper La Padania has picked up on this too..

    La Padania http://www.leganordsen.it/UK/Euro

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  6. Anonymous1:32 am

    The Economist has a 'suggestion' that it may be wise to join the Euro. Is this part of the same story.
    economist

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  7. Then with my other scoop it is going to be one hell of a day.

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  8. Anonymous4:32 am

    img src="file:///C:/Users/mike/AppData/Lo
    cal/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg
    that's never going to work is it?

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  9. Anonymous7:37 am

    I understood that the British Euro would look more like this

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  10. You stinker, you had me worried there for a second.

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  11. very good indeed

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  12. To quote the lady, "No, no, no."

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  13. Anonymous8:39 am

    This had damn well better be an April fool.

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  14. Very Good CU.

    Happy 01/04/2009.

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  15. Oddly Merv would go to the Queen for bank notes, he has nothing to do with coins. Nice one though

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  16. Nice try. Unfortunately, EURO rules mean that now head of state can appear on the currency.

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  17. Anonymous10:45 am

    Of course it will be at ruling Exchange Rates at the Time.

    So the UK Euro will be worth HALF of the other European Euros --- which is why the Queens head is on them --- to identify the worthless ones.

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  18. Anonymous10:54 am

    Referendum maybe??

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  19. Anonymous11:38 am

    Don't need a referendum. Part of Lisbon was the ability to join the Euro.

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  20. Anonymous1:06 pm

    April 1st

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  21. Many a truth is spoken in jest. An April Fool's joke should be patently unbelievable!

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  22. This is the kind of wild speculation that turns out to be true. ;o)

    Brown said at PMQ's that he was glad he had swapped Gold for Euro's in the Bank of England vaults......

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  23. Queen Elizabeth II8:04 pm

    We are not amused.
    Plus his breath was awful

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  24. Brilliant. Best of the day by a long chalk. Linking.

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  25. Many thanks all..
    We managed to fool ... no one!

    must try harder next year.

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  26. You got me for a second or two. That is a second that lasted an eternity.

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