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Iraq and the Euro

Fieldwork: June 10th 2003 - June 11th 2003

published by The Times

Iraq

Thinking about the build-up to the war in Iraq and everything that has happened since, do you think that taking military action was the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do?

(April figures in brackets)

Right Thing 58% (64%)
Wrong Thing 34% (24%)
Don't Know 7% (12%)

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Britain and America deliberately exaggerated the evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in order to win support for going to war:

Agree 58%
Disagree 39%
Don't Know 4%

Iraq probably did have weapons of mass destruction, but either destroyed them, or hid them so well that they may not be found for some time, if ever:

Agree 85%
Disagree 12%
Don't Know 3%

Regardless of whether Iraq actually did have weapons of mass destruction, the war was justified because it got rid of Saddam Hussein:

Agree 70%
Disagree 27%
Don't Know 3%

The issue of whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction is only being raised again now because people who opposed the war throughout are trying to find a new reason for saying it wasn't the right thing to do:

Agree 68%
Disagree 29%
Don't Know 3%

The Euro

The government has announced that it isn't in Britain's economic interest to join the Euro at the moment, but that they do want Britain to join as soon as it is in our economic interest, and will keep reviewing the issue from next year onwards. Regardless of your own personal opinion about whether or when Britain should join the Euro, which of the following do you think is most likely to happen?

There will be a referendum in 2-3 years time and Britain will vote to join the Euro31%
There will be a referendum in 5-10 years time and Britain will vote to join the Euro14%
There will be eventually be a referendum and Britain will vote to join the Euro, but not for at least 10 years9%
The government will take us into the Euro without holding a referendum first21%
Whenever the government holds a referendum on the Euro, Britain will vote not to join21%
Don't know 4%
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