LONDON (AFX) - A majority of people polled believe Britain should join the euro at some point, according to a Gallup poll in the Daily Telegraph.
Eleven pct of respondents believe Britain should "definitely join the euro as soon as possible" and 46 pct agree that "Britain should probably join the euro at some point, but not yet," the paper said. This compares to 20 pct who believe joining "is not a good idea and we should not join for many years to come" and 20 pct who ruled it out forever.
The poll also showed that regardless of their own opinions, 68 pct of those polled regarded euro entry as inevitable.
The Conservatives have claimed that a referendum on the single currency would be "rigged," but Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected these allegations on BBC1's 'Question Time Special' last night. "Surely there can't be that many complicated ways of putting to people, 'Do you want to join the euro or not?'," Blair said.