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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
She will also cut back the Civil Service.
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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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So Liz is going to find bits of the Civil Service to cut that have been missed in the last 12 years? Shows the Conservatives were pretty inept when it came to tightening their belts during austerity doesn't it? Thanks for pointing that out to us
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Also, if she didn't surround herself with people to tell her what she wants to hear she could save even more money. I wonder how many adult care staff you could get for the salary of a typical Downing Street advisor?
I remember reading an article that argued if Geoffrey Howe had sold the gold and purchased US T-Bonds when the Conservatives came to power in 1979 he would have made the country a significant amount of money compared to keeping the gold (his inaction 'cost' us more than Gordon Brown did), but you probably knew that already and anyway hindsight is a wonderful thing when pointing out mistakes you think the other team made in politics.