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(the Bank of England Act 1998<ref>[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/quarterlybulletin/qb980201.pdf Peter Rodgers: ''The Bank of England Act, 1998'', Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, May 1998]</ref> subsequently provided the necessary statutory authority).
(the Bank of England Act 1998<ref>[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/quarterlybulletin/qb980201.pdf Peter Rodgers: ''The Bank of England Act, 1998'', Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, May 1998]</ref> subsequently provided the necessary statutory authority).


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| "''You presided over the biggest economic disaster of our lifetime and we will not let you forget it.''"
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:(George Osborne, then Shadow ChancellorOctober 13 2008[http://www.conservatives.com/News/Articles/2008/10/The_job_needs_doing_-_but_this_bail-out_is_no_triumph.aspx])
: OUT of the night that covers me,<br>    Black as the Pit from pole to pole, <br> I thank whatever gods may be<br>    For my unconquerable soul.<br>


"''Our debt crisis is ... the result of reckless spending''"
: In the fell clutch of circumstance<br>          I have not winced nor cried aloud.<br>  Under the bludgeonings of chance<br>    My head is bloody, but unbowed.<br>
:(Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 6 October 2009[http://page.politicshome.com/uk/ken_clarkes_speech_to_conservative_conference.html])
 
: Beyond this place of wrath and tears<br>    Looms but the Horror of the shade,<br>  And yet the menace of the years <br>    Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.<br>
 
: It matters not how strait the gate,<br>    How charged with punishments the scroll,<br>  I am the master of my fate:<br>  I am the captain of my soul
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Revision as of 09:52, 30 May 2010

(the Bank of England Act 1998[1] subsequently provided the necessary statutory authority).

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul