Miscarriages of justice. Aircraft unnecessarily grounded for days. Needless slaughter of millions of animals. Our reverence for the evidential authority of the computer is leading to numerous disasters – and providing a convenient smokescreen for politicians and officials to rid […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton follows up on his earlier article on how the relentless centralisation of public health responsibilities has undermined our ability to tackle COVID-19. As lockdown is gradually lifted, we see that a much-needed localised approach is beginning to emerge. […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton discovers an old copy of Punch from 1851 in his loft, and reflects on how many of the themes of mid-nineteenth century European geopolitics are still with us today, more than 150 years later. A […]
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 […]
Graham Andrews, owner of Hydro Project Engineering Ltd., explains how bureaucratic EU procurement requirements may have contributed to the current PPE shortage in the NHS. Why are firms’ offers of help being repeatedly ignored by the British government? I […]
A year on since Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston defected from the Conservative Party to The Independent Group, CIB’s communications manager Dr Anna Bailey reflects on the dramatic demise of the Tory Ultra-Remainers. Did Boris Johnson pull off […]
