By the end, I couldn't helpthinking that it's not London that the rest of the country has a problem with - it's the UK's over-centralised system of government.
Listening to the future governor yesterday, I couldn't helpthinking that he might change the attitude to economic policy in the UK, by reminding us that what we're living through is not just "exceptional" - a word he used a lot today - but worth getting worked up about.