Most Brits oppose euro entry

Sunday, 1 February 2004 5:23 AM

Most Brits would vote against the adoption of the single currency at a referendum, despite the Government's careful phrasing of the question, according to a new poll.

Sixty-four per cent of those polled by investment bank Barclays Capital, said "no" when asked: "Should the United Kingdom adopt the euro as its currency?"

The poll comes a month after the Treasury published the official wording of the question in a future referendum on the euro.

Twenty six per cent of voters said they would choose to jettison sterling while ten per cent were unsure, according to Barclays Capital's Euro Convergence Monitor.

Over half (53 per cent) of interviewees would oppose the UK joining the eurozone, even if Gordon Brown's five economic tests were met.

Thirty-eight said they would "never" support joining the single currency.

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