Thread: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader
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Old 01-08-2022, 08:02   #3884
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Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth View Post
And employing more advisors at Downing Street .
She will also cut back the Civil Service.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
I see that you have not challenged my significant point that after 12 years of Conservative governments, if any pruning was needed of the civil service, it would have happened by now. Great to reach agreement with you on that point.

We're also both getting closer on the gold reserves as you've moved on from your original statement that Gordon Brown sold all our gold reserves, so that's another positive development.

Conservatives tell me the Daily Mail is more of a comfort blanket for them which tells them what they want to hear. Here's another view as you seem to like the tabloids. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d...s-gold-5614853

I found this FT article informative, hope you enjoy it too, extracts below


https://www.ft.com/content/5788dbac-...b-00144feabdc0
The gold was held as balances. Brown sold it off and spent it on day to day stuff. Had he not done that, the financial crash would not have had such an impact.
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