the UK never joined the euro the europhiles in the UK attempted the first steps of joining (ERM1), which pegged the pound with the deutschmark it was forced o

the UK never joined the euro the europhiles in the UK attempted the first steps of joining (ERM1), which pegged the pound with the deutschmark it was forced out when George Soros and friends attacked the peg on Black Wednesday immediately prior to this the ERM was known an the Eternal Recession Mechanism (which is now exactly what the euro is)