CITING A MEETING at Chequers on Tuesday, the FT today says Gordon Brown and Tony Blair will rule out...
CITING A MEETING at Chequers on Tuesday, the FT today says Gordon Brown and Tony Blair will rule out a referendum on joining the single currency next year because only four out of the five economic tests set as the hurdle have been met. Blair wants to keep the referendum option open through the remainder of this Parliamentary term because the next general election could be as far away as 2006. Brown is said to want to put the issue to bed until the next Parliament following such an election, but in any case both men are agreed that the lack of monetary and fiscal flexibility i...
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