Re the sold gold reserves and what that cost us, few right-wingers seem to realise that, if Osborne had bought up as much gold as he could get his hands on during Day 1 of the Glorious Coalition, we'd probably have got back whatever Brown may have lost and then some. You see, gold prices have rocketed since then, too. In other words, a Tory Chancellor didn't have a crystal ball any more than a Labour one did.
And don't tell me there wasn't any money left to do any such thing, as we seemed to have plenty to lob into Libya - literally - give to other countries and many other less profitable expenditures.
If you REALLY want to know how governments throw our money away, have a google about Lamont and his Chief Financial Adviser (David Cameron) and their activities around Black Wednesday…or just click the links below. What Gordon's gold-sale lost pales into insignificance.
http://bit.ly/qZpAcq
Spot the lurker!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday
Read Paras 1 - 3 and remember there wasn’t quite such a world-wide financial melt-down going on at the time,
My "expletives", as they have been called for no very good reason that I can see, are aimed at the right - in both senses - party. One doesn't need to go far from here to grasp that right-wingers are rarely the brightest buttons in the box.