I can’t wait to see the minutes of yesterday’s MPC vote. Are we really expected to believe that this was a free vote - given the concerted nature of interest rate cuts around the world. Was there any vote at all? Was it unanimous for a 50 basis points cut? Were members told (by Mervyn King) they should vote for it? No doubt about it; the integrity of the monetary policy committee is today under question; or should be.
Jim Pickard and Alex Barker, FT Westminster correspondents, share the latest news and gossip from the UK's political scene.
Alex Barker has been an FT political correspondent since July 2007. He joined the paper in 2005, after working in current affairs television. 
Jim Pickard joined the FT's lobby team in January 2008, having been a regional correspondent, assistant UK news editor and property correspondent. 
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