Andreas Whittam Smith
Andreas Whittam Smith was a financial journalist until 1985 when he led the team that founded The Independent. The paper’s first editor (1986-1994), he has subsequently been the president of the British Board of Film Classification (1998-2002) and chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (1998-2003). He is currently First Church Estates Commissioner responsible for £5bn of the Church's investments, and chairman of the Children's Mutual.
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Andreas Whittam Smith: Who's in control? Not just governments, that's for sure
How did the media on the one hand and the financial markets on the other build themselves up as such great forces in society?
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This fight has always been about power and money
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Andreas Whittam Smith: Some MPs want to let judges know that they make the law, not judges.
Andreas Whittam Smith: A more 'democratic' Lords can only damage the Commons
Thursday, 19 May 2011
If we believe we have a legitimate system of government - and the evidence is that we do - then there is no case for major constitutional change
Television is not how to witness the passing of a life
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Andreas Whittam Smith: Death has been institutionalised.
Andreas Whittam Smith: Our aversion to risk turns civilian heroes into cowards
Thursday, 5 May 2011
The first paramedic who turned up on 7/7 said he could not treat the two injured people, because he had to assess what resources were needed
Politicians deserve public disdain – they've earned it
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Andreas Whittam Smith: We see them as bluffers whose luck holds for a period. Unfortunately our political system has propelled a stream of incompetents into high office.
Andreas Whittam Smith: Can the reputation of the Met survive such a high-level duel?
Thursday, 7 April 2011
We'll have to wait and see how John Yates responds to the cuts and thrusts of Keir Starmer. But it is becoming clear what is at stake
UK Uncut gives us a glimpse of the future
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Andreas Whittam Smith: Is it wise to criminalise respectable protest groups?
Andreas Whittam Smith: Not even the humanitarian urge can be a basis for war
Thursday, 24 March 2011
The argument 'not to stand idly by' as Gaddafi wages war on civilian protesters is powerful. But what has resulted has been muddle and confusion
Andreas Whittam Smith: Eliminating waste can be as simple as answering phones
Thursday, 17 March 2011
HM Revenue and Customs spends £200m a year on call centres. You call with an enquiry. You hear the phone ringing. And ringing. Often that is all you hear
Andreas Whittam Smith: Wholesale privatisation is not what people voted for
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Lib Dem ministers haven’t any moral authority whatever to agree to measures that change the relationship between the citizen and the state.
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