Why Cardiff’s evidence was a turning point
Kevin Cardiff was in the room at the time of the bank guarantee, and was involved in all aspects of the state’s response to the financial crisis
Kevin Cardiff does a good line in graveyard humour; those who have stared into the abyss often do. The former Department of Finance secretary-general’s appearance at the banking inquiry last Thursday was the most hotly anticipated so far, but you wouldn’t have known it for the quips he rolled out.
Early in his evidence, he dryly ...