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Originally Posted by Matt D
I believe that there used to be a Pot of Gold at the end, but unfortunately Gordon sold it.
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Yes, and he was so 'prudent' that he managed to get a very 'special' price for it all...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...rown-told.html
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The decision to sell the gold – taken by Mr Brown when he was Chancellor – is regarded as one of the Treasury's worst financial mistakes and has cost taxpayers almost £7 billion....
... The price of gold has quadrupled since Gordon Brown sold more than half of Britain’s reserves.
The Treasury pre-announced its plans to sell 395 tons of the 715 tons held by the Bank of England, which caused prices to fall....
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