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Euan Mearns on July 4, 2008 - 3:34pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Ntae, I think this comment explains why you were / are a hedge fund manager and I am / was a geologist. To be fair to Gordon Brown he did sell most of the UK's gold at $10 per ounce just when no one else was expecting that, wrong footing the markets completely.

And back in 1999, when the UK was pumping more oil than it had ever done before we managed to sell some of it at below $10 / bbl proving how liberalised and informed markets can promote and support industrial civilistaion.

You just need to compare this with how the ex KGB Putin scum bag is managing Russian resources. It seems he wants to sell most of what is left of Russia's oil at over $300 / barrel. Talk about clueless commies, eh?

But I gotta say your running a bit close to the mark suggesting that the UK government may be speculating on the futures markets. There's a strange irony about Followers speculating on the future of a country that doesn't have one.

OOOOyn

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nrgyman2000 on July 4, 2008 - 4:11pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

€,

Sarcanol alert on.
Your comment proves that former British governments cannot be accused of being greedy!

Talk about clueless commies, eh?

Must those bloody capitalistic commies be damned!

There's a strange irony about Followers speculating on the future of a country that doesn't have one.

They may be thinking about ……..“Back to the Future”.

Sarcanol alert off.

This illustrates some of the new rules, earlier discussed on this forum, coming into play.

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