<p>“Get your bottled water, get your tins of beans... we are going down.” </p><p>In this episode of Winning, we go behind the closed doors of one of the most volatile weeks in British economic history. Sonya Branch, former General Counsel for the Bank of England, reveals the &quot;ludicrous&quot; and &quot;truly brutal&quot; hours spent at the height of the Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng &quot;mini-budget&quot; crisis.</p><p>She shares the chilling moment she realised the IMF was poised to make a decision that would have been &quot;catastrophic&quot; for London as a global financial centre for a decade - a realisation so stark she felt like taking a megaphone to the streets to warn the public.</p><p>Beyond the headlines, we explore Sonya&#39;s journey from a &quot;non-beautiful&quot; part of the Irish Midland Region to becoming the youngest-ever partner at a magic circle law firm. She candidly discusses surviving extreme corporate misogyny, breastfeeding in a cleaning cupboard during a partner induction, and the &quot;discipline and hard work&quot; required to win at the highest level.</p><p><strong>Key takeaways:</strong></p><ul><li>The midnight resolution: The 2:30 a.m. conference call that finally sparked a &quot;punchy&quot; solution to the UK economic crisis.</li></ul><ul><li>A journey of grit: Sharing a single hotel room with her family of four and taking elocution lessons to lose her Irish accent.</li></ul><ul><li>Winning against the odds: Navigating a rigorous partnership process while eight months pregnant and facing comments like &quot;one last push&quot; from colleagues.</li></ul>