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# I'm not sure when it went to be honest
I knew it had and so connected the dots I was aware of.

for including an unresearched error I'm now compo-ing that paragraph. :D
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, archived)
# :-D
(I helped save b3ta! splorp ®, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:57, archived)
# Gold Standard
Sterling hasn't been directly linked to gold for a long time, but Gordon Brown did sell (at a huge loss) half of the UK's gold reserve. By announcing that he was going to sell it ahead of the sale, the market tanked. This is due to the market knowing that the sudden influx of gold would drive the price down. Gordon Brown was not a financial genius and this fuck-up cost the UK a reported £2 billion....
(Kitcar memeless in a meme filled world, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:37, archived)