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Lord Mervyn King Former Bank of England governor

Dubbed ‘Merv the Swerve’ when Bank of England governor, there was nothing evasive about Lord King’s views on the EU. King, 68, said George Osborne’s warnings against a Brexit were ‘exaggerated’, branding the claims that Britain would be £4,300 per household worse off by 2030 as ‘simple-minded’.