MORI Surveys Britain Over Single Currency

Over one in four British adults claim to be strongly against participating in the single currency of the Euro. A further one in four are generally opposed but might be persuaded otherwise by good economic reasons. Such are the main conclusions of a new MORI survey conducted earlier this month and published this week.

In terms of joining the single European currency overall, only a near-fifth (18%) of adults were in strong agreement with this financial co-operation. A further quarter (24%) claimed that they were generally in favour of Britain joining, but would be reluctant should negative economic factors be presented.

Looking at the general consensus on Britain joining the Euro in principle, the survey found that only 13% of adults claim to strongly support the move. Far greater proportions of the population have their reservations to contend with. Over half (53%) of all respondents admitted some degree of reluctance to the concept of joining. However, this might be tempered by the somewhat surprising finding that nearly half of all respondents (48%) admitted to being uninformed about the issue to a greater or lesser extent.

Looking to the future, our role within the single currency appears to be more certain. When asked as to their personal view of Britain's membership in the near future, 29% of the sample believes that the country is likely to have joined by 2005. At the same time, a hefty 66% believe that our membership will have been secured by the year 2010.

MORI interviewed 1,009 British adults aged 16+ on the MORI Telephone Surveys Omnibus between 1 to 3 February 2002. The poll was conducted by MORI on behalf of GrahamBishop.com.

All articles 2006-22 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas unless otherwise stated.

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