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Lucky for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that Her Majesty's Government isn't a publicly traded company, otherwise, they could be prosecuted by the FSA for not revealing price-sensitive information and allowing a false market in its listed securities - ie, the pound sterling.

Blair and Brown are trying to present a united front, while at the same time pretending that no decision has been made about sterling joining the euro. Nonsense. Blair has backed the Chancellor's 'five tests' for years and we know those tests argue against joining the single currency.

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