No room for mavericks in Mervyn’s Kingdom?

The last year or so has seen an unprecedented degree of unity in the voting behaviour of members of the Monetary Policy Committee. Only once in the last 12 months has the size of the majority slipped below eight and five of the last six meetings have produced unanimous votes.

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