Dear Dr Gabb,

My attention has been drawn to your web site, and I note that I have been classified as a 'don't know'.

I am happy to answer both your questions in the affirmative.1  I can assure you that over my dead body would Britain ever join the Euro or be subjugated to rule by the EU.

Please reclassify me as a 'sceptic'

With thanks,

Prudence Dailey

1  The Questions are:

Do you answer in the affirmative both of the following:

1) If elected or re-elected to Parliament, would you oppose our joining the Eurozone even if joining were to be recommended by the Party leadership?

2) If elected or re-elected to Parliament and required to choose between accepting the supremacy of European Union law in this country and leaving the European Union, would you vote for British withdrawal?

If you cannot answer both of the above in the affirmative, do you accept the line currently taken by William Hague, which is to oppose our joining the Eurozone for this and for the next Parliament and to resist any further British integration into the European Union?

Dear Ms Dailey,

Many thanks for your e-mail of yesterday evening.

On the strength of your answers to the Candidlist questions, I am very happy to reclassify you as a sceptic.

We thank you for helping to make Candidlist more accurate.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Sean Gabb
Candidlist Webmaster

Dear Dr. Gabb,

Thank you for noting that my comments, as quoted in the Sunday Telegraph were, in fact, made some time ago, and not as a direct response to Sir Peter Tapsell's remarks.

I do, of course, stand by what I said. I do not, however, believe that my strong and principled opposition on the Euro in any way contradicts the Party's current policy, which I am happy to support. The Party has stated its policy for the forthcoming Parliament, which is to oppose Britain's entry into the single currency.

When the time comes, I hope and believe that the Conservative Party will reiterate its opposition to the Euro for future Parliaments, but that is not a matter for this election.

Since Gordon Brown and the press are taking such an interest in your website, I should be grateful if you could publish these comments on it.

Sincerely,

Prudence Dailey
Conservative Candidate, Pontypridd