George Osborne: a profile of Britain's youngest chancellor

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After a recent run of embarrassments and policy reversals, George Osborne finally got something right. His appointment of Canada's central bank head Mark Carney as the next governor of the Bank of England initially came as a shock but was then widely applauded as a masterstroke.

Carney, a former ice hockey player who looks like he could fit into the cast of Mad Men, had a "good crisis," with Canada's economy and banks weathering the storm much better than the UK. He also had the best CV of all the candidates - but Osborne had to spend months wooing him before the Canadian finally said yes.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%