Mervyn King is brittle and didactic.Of course Bernanke fucked things up a couple of times when he ran off at the mouth unwisely before he learnt how and when to keep his trap shut as Fed Chairman. But King was the wrong choice as BOE Governor when appointed. He wants to hike rates when it is not needed To be honest, the complete hash of the Northern Rock debacle was because of it being mishandled by the BOE.