As I arrived at the ICAEW for last night’s Dave Hartnett thinks accountants can’t count – and it’s my fault
After Chris’s intro Dave mounted the platform and immediately departed from his prepared script. He told the audience of how he’d met me earlier in the evening and of his promise; he then duly broke it – with an apology to me that he had had to do so as Chris had brought up the subject and Dave had to defend his honour. I would have done the same thing had our positions been reversed.
I was very touched later in the evening that Dave made a point of finding me to apologise for having to break his promise. I’m not sure he had any choice though given the subject matter of his lecture last night: Tax, transparency and trust. 
