XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.talk.royalty, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: alt.freemasonry   
   From: hoganrj@bigpond.net.au.au   
      
   "PaulusAr"  wrote in message   
   news:1169217416.175019.245630@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...   
   > Actually the UK and France uniting made a lot more sense in retropect   
   > than what actually happenned. Britain and France had been allies for   
   > over 100 years and fought side by side against Germany in 2 world wars.   
   >   
   > After the failure of this union, France joined with Germany, its hated   
   > enemy in 2 world wars, and formed the embryo Common market with the   
   > Benelux countries. This has now evolved into the EU.   
   >   
   > Britain missed the boat at this stage to join and were then kept out of   
   > the market until after De Gaulle died.   
   >   
   > With a little more common sense Britain could have been a leader of the   
   > EU instead of an outsider still keeping out of Schengen and the Euro.   
   >   
   > Nowadays if a German, for example, goes to Spain on holiday, he does   
   > not need a passport and does not need to convert his currency (losing a   
   > % to the bank). A Briton needs a passport and has to convert his pounds   
   > into Euros. How this benefits the average Briton is beyond my   
   > understanding. Farsically a Briton needs a passport to enter Gibraltar   
   > which is British territory and part of the EU. A Spaniard or any other   
   > Schengen national can enter Gibraltar with only an ID card. Britons   
   > don't want ID cards because they believe that the British police will   
   > suddenly turn into the Gestapo and demand to see people's "papers"   
   > without any legally justified reason. They don't want to enter the Euro   
   > because seeing the Queen's face on currency   
      
   The Queens face could still be on Euros made in the UK.  If The King of   
   Spain and the Queen of The Netherlands can have their heads on Euro made in   
   their realms then surely that would tell the Poms that they can have Lizzy   
   on their Euros to.   
      
   (even though credit and   
   > debit cards are now used more and more) is more important than ease of   
   > business and travel.   
   >   
      
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