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Full question: The government have announced that they will lend more than £7 billion to Ireland to help bail them out of their financial crisis. Do you think Britain should or should not lend money to Ireland?

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Generally speaking, is British membership of the EU is a good thing, a bad thing or neither good nor bad?
• Regarding the development of the EU, which of these statements comes closest to your view?
• The government have announced that they will lend more than £7 billion to Ireland to help bail them out of their financial crisis. Should they do this?
• The Irish bail out will be conditional upon demands from the IMF and the EU for them to massively cut spending and reduce borrowing. Was Ireland right or wrong to accept this bail out?
• Some expect the problems facing Ireland to spread to other Eurozone countries, such as Portugal and Spain. If other European countries require financial help similar to Ireland’s, should Britain contribute to a bail out?
• Thinking about whether or not Britain can afford to help other European countries, which statement best reflects your view?
• In hindsight do you think Britain should or should not have joined the European single currency, the Euro?
• In hindsight do you think the European single currency has been good or bad for the rest of the EU?
• Some have suggested that the crisis in Ireland may spread to other countries in the Eurozone and ultimately lead to the collapse of the single European currency. If it did collapse do you think this would be a good or bad thing?
• Who is mainly to blame for the financial crisis in the Eurozone?