Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, with a new polymer £5 note. Mr Carney said that the best analogy for Brexit was that it resembled a Test series Stefan Wermuth/Getty ImagesBrexit is many things to many people — a triumph, a disaster, a self-inflicted wound and a wake-up call — but to Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, it is a cricket match. The choice of metaphor may have seemed unlikely for a 51-year-old Canadian ice hockey fanatic, but, speaking at a seminar held by the Bank, he said the analogy was perfect because Test cricket took a long time and required careful strategic planning. “People work incredibly hard at this institution and one of the issues is the work-life balance can get out of whack,” he said.…

Source: The Times September 14, 2016 23:04 UTC