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: Forget regulation – the banks are back to business as usual
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When Gordon Brown came to the podium at 4pm yesterday to summarise the results of the G20 meeting, politics came first. For he began with a list of agreements that, although fine in themselves, will not accelerate economic recovery, will not create a single new job.
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Both Darling's and Geithner's schemes are favourable to the private sector
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It was supposed to be "never glad confident morning again" for capitalism
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