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Andreas Whittam Smith

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.

Andreas Whittam Smith: Reforming the banks won't be easy – but it can still be done

Though part of an arduous process, a Financial Service Bill could be useful

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Brown is plunging down the same abyss as Major

Friday, 13 November 2009

Andreas Whittam Smith: Harrassment can begin when a PM's personal qualities are lacking.

Andreas Whittam Smith: Kelly's report cannot be the end of the matter

Friday, 6 November 2009

The public's view is that MPs have been stealing from the public purse

Andreas Whittam Smith: The first rule of any regulation – bankers cannot be trusted

Friday, 23 October 2009

They will seek to avoid any control up to the limits of ending up in court

Andreas Whittam Smith: How the theatre has taught me about the financial crisis

Friday, 16 October 2009

'Enron' and 'The Power of Yes' tell you all you need to know

Andreas Whittam Smith: The fine of art of scapegoating

Friday, 9 October 2009

Sharon Shoesmith had no chance to comment on the report into child protection in Haringey

Andreas Whittam Smith: We cannot safely say that the Great Crash has passed

Friday, 2 October 2009

Financial markets are akin to living systems, driven by animal spirits

Andreas Whittam Smith: A simple way to greater efficiency

Friday, 25 September 2009

Call centres are really just factories modelled on the car plants established by Ford

Andreas Whittam Smith: The banking story may yet have a happy ending

Friday, 18 September 2009

The next chapter is how governments introduced much tougher regulation

Andreas Whittam Smith: Cameron is as obsessed with winning headlines as Blair

Friday, 11 September 2009

What matters is not how much ministers are paid but how many there are

Andreas Whittam Smith: In no other business would Trevor Phillips survive

Friday, 24 July 2009

Only in politics, at least in the corrupt system we have, could it happen

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