Author: Malcolm Blair-Robinson

British Gas: A Broken System

August 2, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The unjustified hike of electricity prices by British Gas is all to do with the inefficiencies of that company and nothing to do with energy costs, which are in fact reducing. What this underscores is that a public utility is a unique entity. It is not like any other sort of business. From the inception […]

Trump’s White Knuckle Ride

August 1, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Well even I did not expect this. Scaramucci, the golden boy, escorted from the White House after being fired as Director of Communications just days after being appointed. Those who declare the White House to be in chaos cannot now be credibly challenged. But and there is always a but, this may be the pivotal […]

North Korea: The Way Forward

July 31, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Kim Jon Un has turned out to be nobody’s fool. North Korea’s launch of a missile which went high enough on test to be able to reach any target in the U.S. was not only impressive but ahead of the general view of their capability. This pattern of being ahead of the expectation is fairly […]

Trump Explained?

July 30, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

As you know this blog is critical of Trump’s social conservatism and climate change denial, but respects the reasons he won and supports many of the practical ambitions that he projects and which have given hope to millions of Americans regular politicians ignored. On the face of it the Trump Presidency is little short of […]