What state would the UK be in if we had joined the euro?

Stuart Thomson, chief economist, Ignis A statue of Gordon Brown should be permanently installed on the vacant fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square. Set against the endless litany of his economic policy mistakes, Brown got the most important economic decision of the early 21st century absolutely right. We have no doubt leading members of the eurozone will be willing to finance this installation because the current credit and solvency crisis would be considerably worse if we had accepted European pleas and the offer to site the European Central Bank in return for abandoning sterling. Intere...