We are greatly saddened to announce the death of Ivor Johns, who passed away on 5 November. He was a long-serving member of CIB from its foundation in 1969. Ivor was active in the Derby, Nottingham and Midlands area, writing frequent, […]
Former Irish ambassador Dr Ray Bassett gives an insider’s account of how the Irish political establishment badly misjudged the 2016 Brexit referendum. How did they get it so wrong? There has been a huge loss of institutional memory in […]
The Common Fisheries Policy began as a land (or rather, sea) grab, evolved into a stitch-up and grew into an environmentally devastating and commercially disastrous scandal. The EU, UK government and avaricious commercial interests are all to blame – and […]
Former Greek ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos provides an update on the EU’s policy towards Turkey, which continues to make hostile incursions into Greek and Cypriot waters. The EU has spent over a year issuing warnings to Turkey, but fails to back […]
Having stealthily but rapidly developed new military structures since 2016, the EU is now openly boasting that it has ‘established an autonomous capacity to conduct EU-led military operations and missions.’ As Veterans for Britain researchers David Banks explains, it is […]
Civil servant Caroline Bell shows that Brussels is attempting to overturn agreements on how to govern Channel Tunnel safety. This is yet another attempt to keep the UK subject to EU regulatory control and the ECJ. This article was originally […]
