Reply to: Brown trousers time...

[Bean]

Actually what he did was notify the market that he was going to sell loads of gold, ensuring that the price fell before he sold it....and then he sold it!

Careful, with talk like that you'll have certain people frothing at the mouth

[TestMangler]

Actually what he did was notify the market that he was going to sell loads of gold, ensuring that the price fell before he sold it....and then he sold it!

Yeah, but he bought a tulip load personally after he'd killed the market price. So did Dimprawn, allegedly.

[BoredBloke]

He didn't privatise it, he merely sold it. At a stupid rate, granted, but I'll forgive him that act of idiocy, bearing in mind he kept us out of the Euro. Which would have cost the UK a whole lot more, so I'm happy to acknowledge that GB did something good for the UK.

Actually what he did was notify the market that he was going to sell loads of gold, ensuring that the price fell before he sold it....and then he sold it!

[Mordac]

So he privatised gold in order to keep taxes low, great man, bring him back!

He didn't privatise it, he merely sold it. At a stupid rate, granted, but I'll forgive him that act of idiocy, bearing in mind he kept us out of the Euro. Which would have cost the UK a whole lot more, so I'm happy to acknowledge that GB did something good for the UK.

[Bean]

Oh look, Mr Move The Goalposts loses another argument and moves the goalposts again.

Taz stated that Brown sold all the gold and that he brought in PFI.
I asked if both those things were factually correct - they are not.

Rather than saying that taz was wrong, you decide to argue the point by adding in extra words to change the context.

I personally don't need to say he was wrong, as it is clearly the case he said 'All' and the reality is 'Half'.

Your post seems to be an effort to whitewash that ANY gold was sold at all.

I merely stated the facts.

Sorry that triggered you.

[WTFH]

Bless...

Was he part of government(s) that (greatly) expanded the use of PFI, even further than the conservatives first used?
YES

Did he sell half of our gold, at great cost (loss) to the public purse?
YES


Back to the word associations thread with you.

Oh look, Mr Move The Goalposts loses another argument and moves the goalposts again.

Taz stated that Brown sold all the gold and that he brought in PFI.
I asked if both those things were factually correct - they are not.

Rather than saying that taz was wrong, you decide to argue the point by adding in extra words to change the context.

[Bean]

FTFY.

Bless...

Was he part of government(s) that (greatly) expanded the use of PFI, even further than the conservatives first used?
YES

Did he sell half of our gold, at great cost (loss) to the public purse?
YES


Back to the word associations thread with you.

[AtW]

Yes and he sold all our gold, brought in PFI and lots of other initiatives to bankrupt our country ending in the famous treasury note of there being 'no money left' when they finally handed over to the conservatives

So he privatised gold in order to keep taxes low, great man, bring him back!

[WTFH]

Brown trousers time...

Did he sell all ALL our gold?

No

Did be bring in PFI?

No

FTFY.

[BlasterBates]

Half, costing us £5 billion apparently
Gordon Brown's decision to sell half of the UK's gold reserves 'cost UK GBP5billion' - Telegraph


Don't think be brought in PFI though. It was Conservatives initially and then "expanded considerably" under Labour and "expanded much further" under New Labour;
Private finance initiative - Wikipedia

How much is Brexit going to cost, 40 billion, 60 billion.

who made that decision then ?

[Bean]

Did he sell all ALL our gold?
Did be bring in PFI?

Half, costing us £5 billion apparently
Gordon Brown's decision to sell half of the UK's gold reserves 'cost UK GBP5billion' - Telegraph


Don't think be brought in PFI though. It was Conservatives initially and then "expanded considerably" under Labour and "expanded much further" under New Labour;
Private finance initiative - Wikipedia

[WTFH]

Brown trousers time...

Yes and he sold all our gold, brought in PFI

Did he sell all ALL our gold?
Did be bring in PFI?

[tazdevil]

Brown was more pro-business than the current lot - unlimited taper relief, dividend tax credits, only 40% max rate, fooking awesome.

Yes and he sold all our gold, brought in PFI and lots of other initiatives to bankrupt our country ending in the famous treasury note of there being 'no money left' when they finally handed over to the conservatives

[GreenMirror]

Brown was more pro-business than the current lot - unlimited taper relief, dividend tax credits, only 40% max rate, fooking awesome.

Typical remoaner cretin. Presumably you think he saved the world too?

He certainly caused the end of boom and bust.

[original PM]

When the hell did winky mcfuknut gain relevance?