Conservative MP and diehard Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at claims by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney that inflation and the weak pound had been exacerbated by leaving the EU.
Mr Carney, a former advocate of staying in the EU, said he had forecast the exchange rate would stay down after Brexit, adding to inflationary pressures, and that the economy would shrink.
But Mr Rees-Mogg dismissed Mr Carney's comments as "bizarre" and pointed the finger of blame at the Bank. Mr Carney told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the pound still "hasn't recovered" after moving "sharply" against "all major currencies" following the result of the EU referendum.
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