Author: Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Waiting For Boris

February 20, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Before adding more comment on the now for sure referendum over our place in the EU (or not) this blog is planning to let the dust settle for a few hours and see what the shape of things to come actually is following manic negotiations, political ructions, a media frenzy and wall to wall news. […]

Downfall In Downing Street

February 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]

Fallon And The Falklands

February 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This blog has always been riled by the idiotic pronouncements of the UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. His latest two border on the irrational. The newest is his assertion that Jeremy Corbyn is a bigger threat to the Falklands than Argentina, because the Labour leader suggested that Britain should try and reach a reasonable accommodation with her. So we […]

Printing Money: New Ideas

February 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with recent market turmoil. Dynamic Quantitative Easing (also called Peoples Quantitative Easing) remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports and enable sustained growth […]

Is Cameron In Trouble?

February 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Surely it was not supposed to be like this? Negotiations to the wire which even if they succeed, will deliver a deal that is either smoke and mirrors or much less than expected. As for immigration, the clincher according to many commentators? Every expert asked has confirmed the inflow of migrants in unlikely to reduce much […]

Are The Banks Safe?

February 15, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The worldwide decline in the value of banking shares and the constant whispers about their stability is unsettling. especially with banks. In that sector there is no smoke without fire. Just now it is not clear whether we see smoke or steam. Banks are safer than they were pre-crash, but that judgement must be tempered […]

Another Hospital Bombed

February 15, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Last time it was the Americans in Afghanistan. This time it is the Russians in Syria. The common theme of the two is the deaths not just of the sick and wounded, but of the super-brave who volunteer to care for them when they could instead lead ordinary lives in a safe country and earn […]

Transatlantic Thriller: Download Now.

February 13, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Dr. Rachael Benedict is an American historian and a best-selling author. Through the death of her estranged father she sets out to expose secrets from World War Two, which are so sensitive they have been subject to an extensive cover-up lasting seventy years.  This provokes a killing spree as parts of the security services of both Britain and […]