Andreas Whittam Smith

Andreas Whittam Smith: London as seen by the French and the Americans

Published: 05 February 2007

London's big advantage is that it is better than New York or Paris in recruiting talented people

Andreas Whittam Smith: Ségolène, Hillary, and their big conversations

Published: 29 January 2007

Might not Mme Royal's willingness to consult be read as a sign that she hasn't many ideas of her own?

Andreas Whittam-Smith: If the Lord Chancellor has intervened in the cash-for-honours affair, it is for good reason

Published: 22 January 2007

If the No 10 crowd were convinced of their innocence, then the best thing would be to ask for a prosecution

Andreas Whittam Smith: The truth behind the missed MRSA targets

Published: 15 January 2007

This Government has form in listening only to those experts who tell it what it wants to hear

Andreas Whittam Smith: Lord Goldsmith's unanswered questions

Published: 18 December 2006

The Attorney General has stated the shocking notion that the rule of law can be set aside

Andreas Whittam Smith: There is now only one course for Britain and that is to break free from US policy in Iraq

Published: 11 December 2006

The Iraq Study Group report is written entirely in terms of US interests narrowly defined

Andreas Whittam Smith: My 'core and satellite' approach to newspapers

Published: 04 December 2006

You can ignore 'Ostrich Head's Freak Show Carnival' - just use the search facility

Andreas Whittam Smith: A new generation replaces 'the elephants'

Published: 20 November 2006

I had not heard of Barack Obama, Ségolène Royal, or David Cameron until about two years ago

Andreas Whittam Smith: If you want a decent wine, buy it from the grower

Published: 13 November 2006

My enjoyment of a glass of wine is enhanced by being able to picture where we bought it

Andreas Whittam Smith: Saddam Hussein richly deserves his fate

Published: 06 November 2006

At the bar of public opinion, there will be no mercy for Bush and Blair - as there wasn't for Saddam

Andreas Whittam Smith: We must ration emissions

Published: 30 October 2006

There would have to be a mechanism for enforcement - just as we had food inspectors during the war

Andreas Whittam Smith: Expel the deadbeats, but preserve the independents

Published: 23 October 2006

No single party should command a majority in the House of Lords, however dominant in the Commons

Andreas Whittam Smith: General Dannatt should be fired forthwith

Published: 16 October 2006

The legality of the Iraq invasion and its objectives are political, not military, decisions

Andreas Whittam Smith: Has the Turner Prize lost its way?

Published: 09 October 2006

I don't get it. This is, like Duchamp's urinal, art only because the artist says it is art

Andreas Whittam Smith: A chilling lesson we can learn from Hewlett Packard

Published: 02 October 2006

In the past few days, Hewlett-Packard has lost its chairwoman, has seen three other senior executives leave in a hurry, has found itself under investigation by state and federal prosecutors in the United States as well as by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and has been reprimanded by a Congressional Committee. These are dramatic events for this giant of corporate America, a leading manufacturer of printers and ink cartridges and computers.

Andreas Whittam Smith: Will Blair now tell us what our soldiers died for?

Published: 25 September 2006

The truth is they are dying for a policy that increases the risks of terrorist attacks on Britain

Andreas Whittam-Smith: As US power recedes, Europe should fill the gap

Published: 18 September 2006

The moral authority of the US and its close allies has been sapped by prisoner abuse

Andreas Whittam Smith: Five years after September 11, the awful paradox of this futile 'war on terror' is clear

Published: 11 September 2006

It has done more moral harm to the US and Britain than it has done physical harm to terrorists

Andreas Whittam Smith: What's the point of policies that can't be delivered?

Published: 24 July 2006

The last minister to declare the government machine unfit for purpose was Gladstone in 1853

Andreas Whittam Smith: The cult of celebrity has enriched the super-rich

Published: 17 July 2006

The lifestyles of the very rich are thoroughly documented without creating resentment

Andreas Whittam Smith: A tale of power, privacy and pictures in 'Paris Match'

Published: 03 July 2006

The editor published pictures of Cécilia, the wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, with her lover

Andreas Whittam Smith: When even your home is no longer your own

Published: 19 June 2006

The law makes it dangerous to be away from one's house lest the local authority take it

Andreas Whittam Smith: France and Britain share a taste for fresh faces

Published: 12 June 2006

Both Mr Cameron and Mme Royal prosper by arguing against the grain of their parties

Andreas Whittam Smith: Why don't I feel safer?

Published: 05 June 2006

So many officers to arrest two young men seems over the top

Andreas Whittam Smith: Lessons for the centre-left in how to be British

Published: 29 May 2006

Not thinking about Englishness is itself an English quality. That is one of our defining features

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