Gordon Brown ignored the Bank of England’s advice and sold off half this country’s gold reserves between 1999 and 2002 at an average price of $275 an ounce. Last night, gold reached $870 an ounce in after-hours trading in New York.
James Forsyth
Brown’s golden touch
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