Talk:Ivor Caplin

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Brown's Bottom

Caplin is notable as the ostensible source of the written question in May 1999 by which Patricia Hewitt announced to parliament Gordon Brown's plan to sell-off the UK's gold reserves ... https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1999/may/07/government-investments#S6CV0330P0_19990507_CWA_88 ... an announcement which caused a 10% drop in the value of gold, globally. See, eg: https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/gold-news/2019/may/07/worst-deal-uk-history-20-years-brown-sold-britains-gold/ and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48177767 195.11.105.233 (talk) 16:07, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]