The CBI is just papering over the cracks – and it shows

The once-powerful institution is not what it was. This isn’t new and has nothing to do with the current scandal, writes Chris Blackhurst

The appointment of Rain Newton-Smith as director general feels like a rush job (Bloomberg/Getty)

Let me say, loud and clear, I am not flying a flag for Tony Danker. I’ve met him several times, liked him, but that’s it.

For all I know his conduct while director-general of the CBI might have been so gross that the board of the organisation felt it had no choice but to summarily fire him.

While I’m just hypothesising, in a way, I hope so. Because how else to explain the speed of his sacking?