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Radio 4,2 mins

Sir Mervyn King: "I don't think anything has kept me awake at night"

Desert Island Discs

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Sir Mervyn King speaks to Kirsty Young about the banking crisis on Desert Island Discs. He explains that his training and reading of financial history meant he knew exactly what the Bank of England had to do, "I don't think anything has kept me awake at night."

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