While the UK had plenty of exceptions keeping the currency is not really the most telling IMO. Look at Sweden and Denmark, they both didn't join the currency un

While the UK had plenty of exceptions keeping the currency is not really the most telling IMO. Look at Sweden and Denmark, they both didn't join the currency union (is that the correct English term?), but sentiments are strongly pro EU in both countries. From the outside it always looked like British politicians used the EU as a convenient scapegoat much strongly than in most other EU countries which caused much of the population to have strong negative opinions. I think in many of the other EU countries this tactic has died down significantly at least within the major parties.