CIB chairman Edward Spalton explains why the relentless centralisation of public health responsibilities from the 1970s onwards has undermined our ability to contain infectious diseases like COVID-19. We need to return to a more localised approach to enable effective measures […]
Singapore’s experience of the COVID-19 crisis shows us exactly why the UK government needs to safeguard our food security as a matter of post-Brexit policy, writes CIB chairman Edward Spalton. We must not become overly-dependent on imports for our food […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton explains why Singapore’s economic success does not mean that the UK should abandon domestic agricultural production. No country intent on true independence would deliberately set out to make itself wholly dependent on others when it comes […]
We regret to inform members of the passing of Hugo van Randwyck, who died of cancer on 26th January. It was particularly sad that Hugo did not live to celebrate our departure from the EU, for which he had campaigned for […]
Congratulations to all the successful pro-Brexit candidates and to the many volunteers and workers behind the scenes, whose efforts over many decades, as well as in this election campaign, combined to assure their victory. In the present circumstances, the Conservative […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton discusses a little-known fact of our EU membership: that it led to the use of private finance initiatives to fund (and profit from) public services, including NHS hospitals. This ‘Enronomics’ approach to public finances may have […]
