Neil Ferguson

The Maddening Mystery of Imperial’s Invulnerable Reputation Despite its Dire Record of Failed Model Predictions

Imperial College's modelling has been consistently poor at predicting the outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet for some reason Neil Ferguson and the ICL team remain respected authorities on epidemic modelling.
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Liberal Britain is the Most Serious Casualty of the Pandemic

As the promise of freedom recedes, events in Britain take a worrying turn, as Boris declares the public "want us, as their Government – and me as the Prime Minister – to take all the actions I can to protect them".
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The Covid Models Were Tested Against the Real World, and Failed

On the anniversary of the week in which our lives became intimately subject to the outputs of a physicist's dodgy computer model, let's revisit Imperial's infamous Report 9 to remind ourselves quite how wrong it was.
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Another Flawed Data Model from Imperial College to Blame for Latest UK Lockdown

The source behind the claim that a new COVID-19 strain in the UK is 70% more transmissible, Dr. Erik Volz of Imperial College, admits that the model that produced that statistic is flawed and that it is “too early to tell” if the strain is more easily spread. On Saturday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Read More...

Nelson: The leader who puts current British leaders to shame

Today, Wednesday 21st of October, sees the 215th anniversary of the Battle that gave Trafalgar Square its name. Towering over this British masterpiece of architecture is the statue of Admiral Nelson, looking towards Parliament and beyond that to the open seas. His victory over the French and Spanish gave the British Navy supremacy of the seas for nearly a century, allowing them to police the world's oceans and stop the transport of slaves.