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There are a million things to think about when you have a foreign holiday booked up. You need to make sure your passport is up to date, you need to pack everything you need – and you need to get the right currency for the country you are travelling to.

And one of the most important things you need to think about before you go is getting the right amount of foreign currency that you need for your destination.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was never voted into government in the first place. He took over from Tony Blair when he gave up the post. This means that Brown is unelected – a fact that many people feel cheated about.

You don’t have to be an expert to know that things haven’t been too good for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of late. With doubts – voiced and otherwise – about his strength of leadership, it wasn’t surprising that the pound suffered alongside him.

Take a look at your local high street. There are probably boarded up shops for rent, and all kinds of gimmicks on offer to try and sell you things in times when you are trying not to spend more money than you have to.

It has been an interesting week with regard to the currency exchange rates. We have had the elections taking place across much of Europe, and it would appear that they have affected some of the currencies in place there too.

In the current economic climate, with the recession biting as hard as ever, it is not surprising that we are still seeing the fall of certain companies as the recession takes hold.

In the head to head that has occurred between the British pound and the US dollar of late, things have definitely not been going in favour of the pound.

We all know how badly the British pound has done against other currencies of late. But we also know that it isn’t the only currency to be doing so badly.

As we have seen in recent months, the British pound has had a rough time trying to maintain any semblance of strength of late.