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Originally Posted by ianch99
I agree. In fact, at the time, interestingly the FT agreed with him at the time - see below. Also, apparently, the Health government also did the same thing:
Gordon Brown and the Gold sell off Myth
The FT article:
Britain was right to sell off its pile of gold
Because it illustrates the lies that underpin this fiasco and how we got here. The nonchalant use of lies to promote arguments has got us in this perilous position. "Gordon Brown sold all the gold", "We can trade tariff free under GATT Article 24 without any EU agreement", etc.
The constant use of this "cobblers" as you put it leaves us where no one believes anyone anymore. A recipe for disaster ... |
Important to note also that Old Boy's accusation was "which saw Gordon Brown plunder our gold reserves". The reality was that he converted half of the gold reserves into other assets. That's not plundering.