Re: Iraq

On 27 Sep, 16:15, "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@removethis.enternet.co.nz>
wrote:
> "LX-i" <lxi0...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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>  news:fMGdnX8gR4BxiGbbnZ2dnUVZ_uOmnZ2d@co
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rote:
> <snip>.
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> On the contrary, Daniel, every time a Government has tried to tinker with
> the free market the said Government has been severely burned. You cannot
> buck the market.
>
> The example I remember best was when Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the
> Exchequer, tried to prop the UK pound up by buying pounds with British
> reserves. He lost 70 Billion (and his job) in an afternoon and George Soru
s
> reputedly made 3 billion for himself...

Actually, I believe that was Badger Lamont.