Did not so much blame [like the sole culprit] as say complicit. And I stand by that. He worked closely with Osborne (who selected him for the role) and Cameron, facilitating and covering for the "austerity" (genocide/democide) agenda.

He's in the big club (that do not care about us at all). If we had a theyrule.net type website for them at the time in the UK, we'd see more of the close ties, like to the media who peddled the lies [like The Daily Mail's (iirc) "95% of benefits claimants are fraudulent scroungers" [later revealed less than 0.7%]] to drum up hate sufficient to have the public enthusiastic for the cull they did not realise was happening [unless they went out of their way to look up callum's list('s harrowing stories from the mere start, before the numbers got too big and numbing), black triangle campaign, disabled people against cuts' no more deaths from benefits cuts campaign, or others independently reporting on it], with complete corporate media silence on the matter, until Francesca Martinez managed to break the silence on a BBC live recording of Question Time in 2019 ("TV Moment of the Year) opening with the wry "I don't know if this is widely reported, but...". Carney's very much part of it. Friendly warning, Canada.

::: spoiler And if anyone [especially Canadians] wants to challenge the foundations of their love of Mark Carney, here's a copy-pasta of a quick churn from an LLM on the matter of Mark Carney's plausible complicity in that genocide (~ using an LLM since I don't have the energy to trigger myself with the PTSD of elaborating more about it, being a survivor, trying to heal still, and I'd likely not be as fair, factual and unemotional as an LLM on this matter, being so close to it)

During the fit-to-work scandal, "austerity", "averybritishgenocide", in which over 130,000 disabled poor were culled, while the UK was under the Conservatve+LibDem coalition at first, and then later just the Conservative party, through the 2010s, in which Mark Carney was governor of the bank of england from 2013 to 2020, describe the ways the government and the governor of the bank of england work together, and in which ways Mark Carney can be fairly described/suspected as complicit in those deaths?

During the 2010s, the UK government—first under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition and later under the Conservatives alone—pursued a radical austerity agenda, cutting welfare, housing subsidies, and public services by over £30 billion. These policies had devastating effects on the most vulnerable, with over 130,000 deaths linked to austerity’s impact on health and social care, a figure some activists and researchers describe as a "social murder" or "genocide" of the disabled and pooren.wikipedia.org.

How the Government and Bank of England Worked Together

1. Monetary Policy and Austerity: The Bank of England, under Governor Mark Carney (2013–2020), implemented ultra-loose monetary policy—keeping interest rates at historic lows and expanding quantitative easing (QE). QE involved the Bank buying government bonds, effectively financing the government’s deficit and enabling continued austerity. This allowed Chancellor George Osborne to claim fiscal responsibility while the Bank’s policies masked the true cost of cuts by keeping borrowing costs artificially low. ifs.org.uk.

2. Political Cover: Carney’s QE and low-interest-rate policies were criticized for widening inequality and providing political cover for Osborne’s austerity. By keeping borrowing cheap, the Bank enabled the government to cut spending without facing immediate market backlash, even as public services and welfare were gutted. thewalrus.ca

3. Brexit and Economic Warnings: Carney repeatedly warned about the economic risks of Brexit, but his interventions were seen by some as aligning with the government’s “Project Fear” narrative, further entangling the Bank in political controversy. independent.co.uk

Mark Carney’s Complicity

• Enabling Austerity: Carney’s monetary policies—especially QE—were integral to the fiscal strategy of austerity. By purchasing government debt, the Bank of England directly supported the government’s ability to cut spending without triggering a debt crisis, even as the human cost mounted. tuc.org.uk
• Widening Inequality: Critics argue that QE disproportionately benefited asset holders and the wealthy, exacerbating inequality and leaving the poor and disabled even more vulnerable to austerity’s cuts. thewalrus.ca.
• Political Alignment: Carney was appointed by Osborne and worked closely with the Conservative-led government. While he occasionally clashed with ministers, his policies were consistently described as providing “cover” for austerity, rather than challenging its human toll. independent.co.uk.
• Legacy of Harm: The combination of austerity and the Bank’s monetary policies led to stagnant wages, collapsed public services, and a sharp rise in poverty and homelessness—outcomes that Carney’s policies did not mitigate, and in some ways enabled. en.wikipedia.org

Conclusion: While Carney was not the architect of austerity, his leadership at the Bank of England was complicit in its continuation and deepening. By financing the government’s deficit and keeping borrowing costs low, the Bank under Carney allowed austerity to persist, with deadly consequences for the UK’s most vulnerable. His policies provided the financial and political space for cuts to proceed, making him a key, if indirect, enabler of the suffering that followed.

Would you like to explore specific policy decisions or further critiques of Carney’s tenure?