tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post2405227921957421549..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: More non-answers on Brown's gift shopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-39801172192218223232008-12-16T11:54:00.000+00:002008-12-16T11:54:00.000+00:00Brown? Gift? Does not computeBrown? Gift? <BR/><BR/>Does not computeElby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-64130637993380750262008-12-15T19:37:00.000+00:002008-12-15T19:37:00.000+00:00Sounds to me like the old days in Mother Russia wh...Sounds to me like the old days in Mother Russia when the Komisol shops were open to the chosen ones, those favoured members with US Dollars obtained at government "special" rates, selling goods that were unavailable to the proletariat. Maybe the No. 10 shop is simply selling goods for Euros or Dollars now that the regime has destroyed Sterling and imported luxuries are expensive or difficult to obtain. Stalin would approve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-92223318138700178822008-12-14T19:00:00.000+00:002008-12-14T19:00:00.000+00:00More pertinently, has the gift shop passed on the ...More pertinently, has the gift shop passed on the *snigger* 2.5% VAT cut to its customers and has it therefore seen a lift in its sales *guffaw*Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611541853278115075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-57721111472936423122008-12-13T16:26:00.000+00:002008-12-13T16:26:00.000+00:00Fruit and FlowersFruit and FlowersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-54117703637988994422008-12-13T14:49:00.000+00:002008-12-13T14:49:00.000+00:00My suspicion is that this may be a way of passing ...My suspicion is that this may be a way of passing on official gifts in exchange for a token payment..................................https://www.blogger.com/profile/09387648864595329094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-7829060878798496092008-12-13T10:25:00.000+00:002008-12-13T10:25:00.000+00:00What is it they are trying to hide about the gift ...<I>What is it they are trying to hide about the gift shop I wonder? </I><BR/><BR/>... That it's been subsidised to the tune of about half a million quid and the turnover so far has been about a "tenner and a bag o' marlies" mayhap?Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.com