Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
Yes , .@maneco64 and - just as importantly - the then Tory front bench could not be bothered to oppose this costly act of stupidity, and left it to the backbencher Sir Peter Tapsell to protest against it. Useless Tories. — PolitiTweet.org
maneco64 @maneco1964
@ClarkeMicah He also sold half of the country's gold reserves in order to bail out the short-squeezed bullion banks in the City of London.