1 Euro will now set you back 86p

[Safeway]

 

[Taybha]

so it wont be long before 1 euro costs me £1.14p..guess holidays at home will be the only option for the working class englishman before long,if that happens what on earth will the spanish police have to do with their time.

 

[Stat Brother]

Don't start, we booked Vegas a month ago.
We were sensible about it and checked the exchange rate, it was $1.78.
Now we can't even get $1.50.

Luckily it makes no odds, as you can't have enough cash for Vegas, anyway.

 

[Safeway]

Japan's out of the question as well at the moment. Last year I got 243 Yen to the Pound. It's currently 141.

 

[DTES]

Suits me to be honest, I've got €70 still sat in my wallet from my trip last weekend... think it will sit there until it starts to level off...

 

[Taybha]

There goes my save the whale expo!

 

[Icy Gull]

Euro 1.63 within the last year now down to 1.16

Dollar down to 1.46 today from a high of 2.08

The Global credit crunch appears to be hitting us worse than the rest of Europe and the US

 

[Taybha]

Thats prob due to the amount of polish and latvian invaders willing to do 80 hours a week work for £3 and a bowl of soup . ooooooh plus free accomodation and a ford mondeo with the obligitory ILNY sticker in the rear window to make them blend in to the land of the freebie that is Great Britain

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Euro 1.63 within the last year now down to 1.16

Dollar down to 1.46 today from a high of 2.08

The Global credit crunch appears to be hitting us worse than the rest of Europe and the US

Not at all. A weak pound encourages British exports and creates jobs in the UK economy that will lead to much improved prosperity all round.

At least that was the theory until Thatcher dismantled the manufacturing sector and reshaped the economy to rely on the success of service industries such as .. er .. banking.

 

[DTES]

Thats prob due to the amount of polish and latvian invaders willing to do 80 hours a week work for £3 and a bowl of soup . ooooooh plus free accomodation and a ford mondeo with the obligitory ILNY sticker in the rear window to make them blend in to the land of the freebie that is Great Britain

I nearly got wound up by that until I realised that no-one is actually stupid enough to believe it. Nice try, cast another line...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Thats prob due to the amount of polish and latvian invaders willing to do 80 hours a week work for £3 and a bowl of soup . ooooooh plus free accomodation and a ford mondeo with the obligitory ILNY sticker in the rear window to make them blend in to the land of the freebie that is Great Britain

I think you'll find that the Poles and Latvians are now deserting our shores to work in EU countries that can pay them in Euros.

 

[Cian]

Weak pound also means I - and half the country - do even more of my shopping in the UK.

Sainsburys in Newry gets more of my business than the local supermarket now...

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Euro 1.63 within the last year now down to 1.16

Dollar down to 1.46 today from a high of 2.08

The Global credit crunch appears to be hitting us worse than the rest of Europe and the US

It's a shame we didnt join the euro.

 

[Beach Hut]

At least that was the theory until Thatcher dismantled the manufacturing sector and reshaped the economy to rely on the success of service industries such as .. er .. banking.

Why am I not surprised.

Red Wedge here we come so blame Maggie as usual and forget the billions of prosperity due to modern day thinking like privatisation.

 

[Jamon Jamon]

if you've got no shame, collar the students changing euro's at the post office in Churchill Sq. If the're changing up a couple of hundred get them to get a quote then offer them a fiver or a tenner more, everyone wins (except the poor post office)

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I think you'll find that the Poles and Latvians are now deserting our shores to work in EU countries that can pay them in Euros.

I've noticed that in Grimsby the number of migrant workers from Poland , Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania are quickly dwindling in size. Another 400+ will probably go back home or elsewhere in 8 weeks time when Mariner Foods chilled food factory closes its two sites just outside of the town. The minimum wage in Norway is equivalent to £10 per hour and workers moving across the channel to work in mainland Europe will be better off paid in euros especially the Poles whose mother country is binning the zloty for the euro next year.

 

[fatboy]

Will they accept pounds in Germany next week.

Or Forints?

 

[Icy Gull]

Not at all. A weak pound encourages British exports and creates jobs in the UK economy that will lead to much improved prosperity all round.

At least that was the theory until Thatcher dismantled the manufacturing sector and reshaped the economy to rely on the success of service industries such as .. er .. banking.

Good old Maggie, still getting the blame.

 

[Beach Hut]

Good old Maggie, still getting the blame.

Yep usual red wedge bluster.

We'll keep the Red Flag flying high