tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5340830694050702262..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Gold shops: A sign of the timesJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-37940484997399040772010-02-01T10:53:03.373+00:002010-02-01T10:53:03.373+00:00Macmillan actually said "the furniture...in t...Macmillan actually said "the furniture...in the saloon"; a deliberately archaic reference to a room that typically formed part of a Georgian country house's public rooms. All part of the fraud that he was very 'old money'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-32342961111855212902010-01-30T20:41:30.629+00:002010-01-30T20:41:30.629+00:00Gordon will need to sell a few Canalettos if he is...Gordon will need to sell a few Canalettos if he is going to pay the Taliban to stop fighting us.<br /><br />Then he will need to sell a few Turners, Monets and Rembrandts because as soon as the Taliban fighters have the money someone will pay them to start fighting again.Ian R Thorpehttp://greenteeth.blog.co.uk/2010/01/28/afghan-war-brown-pledges-to-support-taliban-7891658/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-14886717514299068192010-01-30T18:26:28.227+00:002010-01-30T18:26:28.227+00:00There has always been 3 or 4 shops in Harborough, ...There has always been 3 or 4 shops in Harborough, plus a stall on the market that offer to buy gold. Is the suggestion that this firm is less reputable? Would you be happier if this shop looked more like on of their others? http://www.robinsonsjewellers.co.uk/images/shop.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-12500290986451445872010-01-30T15:51:06.727+00:002010-01-30T15:51:06.727+00:00I have no idea how I could ever engineer a situati...I have no idea how I could ever engineer a situation where it might happen, but I would love to walk into one of those shops with a Canaletto and try to flog it. <br /><br />I suppose you would probably start by asking for the manager...Mr Eugenideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555302880124512593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-17668040542055973122010-01-30T14:46:46.895+00:002010-01-30T14:46:46.895+00:00Gordon Brown sold most of the countries gold, at r...Gordon Brown sold most of the countries gold, at rock bottom prices. Now would be the time to sell gold if the Bank of England had any left. <br /><br />The places that pay "cash for gold" offer a substancially less than the bulion value of the jewelry, currently at £675/ounceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com