NORTH West Lib-Dem MEP Chris Davies (Letters, May 7) says Britain will be left behind through joining the euro late.

How will adopting the euro affect ordinary people? Will it end our transport problems? Will we get a better health service? Will it restore law and order? Will our education system flourish? Will it reduce tax and prices? Will it bring down unemployment and create jobs?

It's worth noting that all these were promised before the so-called Common Market referendum. It ended with the introduction of VAT at eight per cent, three million unemployed, interest rates at 15 per cent, record house repossessions and record numbers of businesses folding.

Since the introduction of the euro, states in the Euro-zone are suffering record unemployment, businesses folding or transferring to Asia, price increases ranging from 25 per cent to 100 per cent, with many countries heading for recession due to the ridged interest rates and the curb on public spending. It seems very similar to our introduction to the Common Market.

If Mr Davies is right and we should join, then the Euro-zone of today, is his dream of the Britain of tomorrow. Why should anybody wish to promote a concept, which is showing it to be such a negative and worthless idea, whilst at the same time leading economists are predicting its downfall within the next 10-15 years.

Whom should we believe? Major company directors, politicians and many bureaucrats are for it. Most small businesses are against it or see no advantage in it and polls show there is a majority in this country against it.

The minority who are benefiting from Europe are going to flood you with half truths in order to keep their little world flourishing. There is no hard evidence to the contrary, and no matter how Mr Davies paints his wonderful picture that will not change.

Britain doesn't need Europe; it never has, and never will. Even if 50million people vote for a bad idea; it will still remain a bad idea.

J ALCOCK (Mr), Cherry Close, Blackburn.