# Lord Mervyn King comments on Brexit negotiations

1 Faculty News October 17, 2017 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/c056359e-b328-11e7-a398-73d59db9e399) -- "[Mervyn King](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mervyn-king), a former Bank of England governor, says the UK’s desire for a transition deal shows that Mrs May’s government scarcely knows its own mind. 'It’s more of a kick-the-can-down-the-road plan to put things off for a period,' he says."

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