Topic 1 Express & Echo (Exeter)Joining the Euro would not emasculate BritainFebruary 23, 2005 I read with interest L G Arnott's letter Euro exists as a means of political control, Points of View, February 16. But I can say, having drifted down through Italy in 2004, the cost of food in their supermarkets has not increased greatly, and clothes were always expensive, but the markets are cheaper than Trago Mills.