The economic consequences which would result from the COVID lockdowns, monetary stimulus and fiscal stimulus was something I warned about repeatedly during 2020-2021. We're screwed whatever we do now and I agree recession is unavoidable at this point. Many people are about to lose everything and many will die as a result of fuel poverty whatever the BoE do. All they can really do now is try to limit the pain.
On whether rate rises are needed, you're assumption is that persistant inflation is a concern, and I don't agree with this. The inflationary pressures we face are mostly a result of fuel prices which aggressively increasing rates will do nothing to solve. For you to be right you have to explain both why you think increase rates will control inflation we're seeing (it won't) and why you think inflation expectations will remain high in a recessionary environment (unlikely). In addition to this you also have to explain why further rate rises on top of the 5 prior raises is required. We know it takes time for rate rises to take effect so aggressively raising rates like this presents huge risks if economic data deteriorate in the coming months.
If the BoE is concerned about inflation expectations, then the question to ask is why this wasn't a concern in 2021. Now recession is imminent inflation expectations shouldn't be as much of a concern.
Central banks can only do so much when governments are hell bent on setting fire to the whole system.
Interest rates are a blunt instrument and unfortunately the least able to afford them are likely to suffer most. I’d support targeted government spending to those most impacted during a high inflation recession to limit the pain. I believe the PM candidate (Truss) policy to reduce taxes is misguided.
The truth is, we are probably both going to be wrong about the best way to solve this.