Author: Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Trump: The World Holds Its Breath

January 20, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Never since the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln has so much in the free world hinged upon the intentions of one man coming fresh to the Presidency. Freedom then was a very different concept to freedom now, but Lincoln set in train a change of direction for the United States which broadened the notion of what freedom meant […]

May’s Hard Brexit: Over the Cliff?

January 18, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The prime minister made a good speech yesterday which brought certain tabloids to a state of ecstasy, full of confidence and jingoism. At a certain level it was inspiring and it was good politics for sure. Most of it is rumoured be be written by Boris, who was trawling the media afterwards with back up. As […]

EU: Could It Unravel?

January 17, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Compared to its present format Yes. It has reached its high water mark. There will be no advance to federalization. Whatever its political class hopes for and whatever the insular Brussels declares, there is now no longer a majority among the European people for ratification of any further loss of sovereignty. But it is worse […]

NHS: The Funding Must Be Sorted.

January 16, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The NHS is in crisis. Even the government acknowledges this, although it will not admit it. There are problems with the way it is managed and the way it is structured. Ministers have tried to distance themselves from these problems behind a mountain of quangos. Yet even if all these failures and stupidities were dealt with, […]