{"id":12504,"date":"2011-10-21T16:57:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=12504"},"modified":"2011-10-21T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T15:58:06","slug":"lets-name-those-who-decided-to-move-occupylondon-on-from-st-pauls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/10\/21\/lets-name-those-who-decided-to-move-occupylondon-on-from-st-pauls\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s name those who may have decided to move #occupylondon on from St Paul&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2011\/oct\/21\/occupy-london-protesters-asked-leave-cathedral\">Dean of St Pauls has said that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>he had met members of the chapter that governs St Paul's on Thursday evening.\u00a0As a result of that meeting, and reports received today from our independent health, safety and fire officers, I have written an open letter to the protestors this afternoon advising them that we have no lawful alternative but to close St Paul's cathedral until further notice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmmm, let's see the sort of people who govern St Paul's. Of\u00a0course\u00a0there are the clergy. They're l<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpauls.co.uk\/documents\/cathedral%20and%20history\/annual_report_2011.pdf\">isted in here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpauls.co.uk\/Support-St-Pauls\/St-Pauls-Cathedral-Foundation\" target=\"_blank\">St Paul's Foundation<\/a> gives more clue about who really influence things. It's trustees are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sir John Stuttard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trustees<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul's<br \/>\nDame Helen Alexander DBE<br \/>\nLord Blair of Boughton<br \/>\nRoger Gifford<br \/>\nJohn Harvey<br \/>\nJoyce Hytner OBE<br \/>\nGavin Ralston<br \/>\nCarol Sergeant CBE<br \/>\nJohn Spence OBE<\/p>\n<p>According\u00a0to the Dean these are the people who will be replying to #occupylondon.<\/p>\n<p>So let's see what they do:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Stuttard\" target=\"_blank\">Sir John Stuttard<\/a> PWC partner, Former Lord Mayor of London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trustees<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul's<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrica.com\/index.asp?pageid=803\" target=\"_blank\">Dame Helen Alexander DBE <\/a> Deputy chair of the CBI, director of Centrica plc<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Blair\" target=\"_blank\">Lord Blair of Boughton<\/a> Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityoflondon.gov.uk\/committees\/member\/displayMemberDetail.aspx?id=336\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Gifford<\/a> Investment banker, big in City of London<br \/>\nJohn Harvey - Not clearly identified<br \/>\nJoyce Hytner OBE - Theatre director<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpauls.co.uk\/People-at-the-Cathedral\/Dean-Chapter\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Ralston<\/a> Global Head of Product and leading international asset manager at Schroder Investment Management<br \/>\nCarol Sergeant CBE -\u00a0Chief Risk Director at Lloyds TSB, formerly Managing Director for Regulatory Process and Risk at the FSA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/johnspenceobe.com\/web\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=section&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=2\" target=\"_blank\">John Spence OBE<\/a> - Former\u00a0Managing Director, Business Banking, LloydsTSB<\/p>\n<p>Now it's not for me to judge.<\/p>\n<p>But that looks like a very high association rate with the 1% to me.<\/p>\n<p>And the St Paul's Foundation is going to provide an objective report on the protests in the City? 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