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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: Kelly's report cannot be the end of the matter

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

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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

How can we use the next few months to bring about such a profound change at the forthcoming general election that there can be a fresh start?

Seven ways we could reform our broken political system

Friday, 17 July 2009

Andreas Whittam Smith: Mr Brown thinks up a vote-winning headline he'd like to see, then conjures up a policy

Andreas Whittam Smith: Forget regulation – the banks are back to business as usual

Friday, 10 July 2009

The Nationwide has introduced a mortgage for 125% of a house's value

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