NAFTA--YES

EURO-NO (Chris Mclaughlin, Jun 1 2003, Sunday Mirror)

TONY Blair has a mountain to climb to persuade the British public to join the euro.

A Sunday Mirror poll has revealed that 60 per cent of voters would reject the euro in a referendum - even if the PM and his sceptic Chancellor Gordon Brown say the economy is right.

In fact almost one in three voters want to pull out of the European Union altogether. [...]

RESULTS OF SUNDAY MIRROR SURVEY IN DETAIL

Do you think Britain should stay in the European Union?
YES 60% NO 31% DON'T KNOW 9%

If Blair and Brown say time is right, would you want to join euro?
NO 60% YES 33% DON'T KNOW 7%

When do you think there should be a referendum on the euro?
BEFORE ELECTION 39% NOW 32%?AFTER ELECTION 13% NEVER 11% DON'T KNOW 5%
* Poll conducted by ICM Research among a random sample of 502 adults by phone on May 30-31

Now is the perfect time to draw Britain and Australia into NAFTA, a more purely trade-oriented organization, that does not require nations to surrender their sovereignty. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 1, 2003 8:23 AM