Ah, Brown and the gold.
The rightwing wankfest that refuses to die.

For a decent-enough debunking, see this.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 17 Dec 2010, 13:59, 2 replies)

I'm not really Tory either
but it cannot be disputed that the 1998 BofE act was fundamental in deregulating the industry which is the key event to instigating the toxic debt. It's no great conspiracy that the central banks want to create a mechanism to increase their wealth and power just as they did in 1929. such as what we have today by creating a debt crisis so a larger more central structure like the IMF can move in. I'm not Labour bashing , I'm just saying that whom ever was in power would have been told to pass that act anyway.
(Dagwood, Fri 17 Dec 2010, 16:20, closed)

I read the link after I made a similar comment.
While I agree that the loss caused by gold prices is, perhaps, forgivable I notice that if you read the comments someone brings up the real problem: he sold the gold and spent the money.
If he sold it and reinvested it in another currency because he thought it a better investment then OK -- but he didn't.
The historical stuff is irrelevant because this is about Brown not labour.
Politicians are all influenced by the person who will give them a job later in life or a few quid now -- none of them (from the big 3 anyhow) give a flying fuck about this country or its people.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 17 Dec 2010, 17:54, closed)