The kind interpretation of Charlotte Hogg’s catastrophic lapse is that she was a victim of older sibling syndrome. Nothing much else explains Ms Hogg’s four-year silence on the matter, an omission that ended yesterday with her resignation from the Bank of England. Her stratospheric path to deputy governor (and, who knows, governor in years to come?) now lies in tatters. And actually, baby brother Quintin does seem to have had a rather more junior role at Barclays than his job title, director in the strategy team, might…

Source: The Times March 15, 2017 00:56 UTC