Between 1999 and 2002, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown approved the sale of approximately 395 tonnes of the United Kingdom's gold reserves, which represented about half of the nation's total. The sales were conducted in a series of 17 auctions, earning an average price of about $275 per ounce and netting about $3.5 billion total. ​

Tesla sales are down 13% on a year ago, and while increased competition from abroad is one factor, Musk's politics are most likely also having an impact... having prompted Tesla stores around the US to be vandalised, and some cars even set on fire.

It was a pretty good month on Hive this March just gone. I did a little PD to keep 5K HIVE liquid earlier on this month, but that's now stopped and I just Powered Up another 1K HIVE to bring me back up to 128.6 Hive. Including the liquid Hive I've got that's a total of around 135K Hive which I'll take!

Claire Badenoch's recent attempt to dump the UK's legislatively obliged 2050 net zero pledge is one of the biggest Conservative Party policy turns in history. Ignited as part of a move towards "realism" and "fiscal pragmatism", the removal of the net zero commitment is a break not merely from the former Conservative leadership, but from an emerging global consensus over the need for climate action.

It's spring time and I've had three decent, if short runs this week, all along my usual route! The main thing about last week(ish)'s runs is that they were all warmer, one I even did in just one layer, rather than the usual two (or even three) I've been using over winter.

Donald Trump's indulgence of Vladimir Putin may appear unsavoury to Europeans, but it's a perfectly rational strategic reaction to China's critical minerals monopolies. The idea seems to be to dismantle China's monopoly over essential minerals. This argument stresses the necessity for nations like the United Kingdom to reassess and consolidate their own mineral base so as to limit reliance on other powers.