Andy McSmith

Andy McSmith is a freelance English journalist.

McSmith was chief press officer for the Labour Party in the 1980s, working with director of communications Peter Mandelson.[1]

He was a journalist at The Independent newspaper from April 2007 to April 2016, having previously been political correspondent on the same paper, and political editor of the Independent on Sunday (same newspaper)[1] and chief political correspondent of The Daily Telegraph and The Observer (part of the Guardian stable).[2] In 1993 he was sacked by the Daily Mirror and Labour Party MPs raised his dismissal in a motion in the House of Commons.[3]

He is the author of seven books: biographies of longtime Conservative politician Kenneth Clarke and former Labour leader John Smith, a collection of short biographies called Faces of Labour: The Inside Story (1996), No Such Thing as Society: A History of Britain in the 1980s, Fear and the Muse Kept Watch (2015) about the great writers and artists who lived under Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union, a novel Innocent in the House, and Strange People I Have Known.[2] He has also contributed to many other books. His play, One Bummer News Day, set in a newspaper office, was broadcast as part of the Play for Today series.[4]

He lives in London.[5]

Bibliography

  • Strange People I Have Known … And Other Stories (London: Biteback Publishing, 2023) ISBN 9781785908057

References

  1. ^ a b "The Mandelson I knew had a fatal flaw: he was a machiavellian who always cast himself as a victim". The Guardian. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Andy McSmith". Biteback Publishing. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Sacking of Andy McSmith from Daily Mirror – Early Day Motions". UK Parliament. 26 April 1993. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150253022
  5. ^ "Andy McSmith". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.


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