Far be it for me to cause further dissension between Glasgow and Edinburgh and to speak ill of the dead, but if Donald Dewar made a mistake about the location of the building it was that he should have chosen Glasgow, as it is the biggest city in Scotland.
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Just let the currencies do whatever currencies do. When you arrive in London, nip over to the nearest ATM and take out the currency of the country namely UK pound sterling. And whatever the exchange rate, that is what it will cost.Que sera sera.o, London uses the UK currency which is Sterling (GBP). Report Abuse. Palenque on May 13, 10 at 05:00 PM. A few things IME accept them-like some pay phones but not generally-and to Brits i think it would be a sacrilege to have euros acting as legal tender in Pound-foolish Britain.