Day: 25 January 2010

January 25, 2010 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Aid for Haiti It is very distressing that basic aid of food and water has taken so long to get through to the people of Haiti. Surely it was possible to do better in the aftermath? Maybe not. Maybe it was just an impossible task from the start to get help to those in need […]

January 25, 2010 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Goldman Sachs  Clearly the point is not yet driven home. The partners at Goldman Sachs have decided to limit their incomes for this year to £1million each. Where it not for our money these people would all be bust. This gratuitous insult to the rest of the working population shows the totally unreal world these people […]

January 25, 2010 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Defending our Homes. Paul Mendelle Q.C., Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association is a very distinguished lawyer. But his views on Tory plans to protect householders who set about, burglars, kidnappers and assassins who burst into their homes uninvited are wrong. He fears disproportionate force will be used, vigilantism will break out and people will take […]

January 25, 2010 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Afghanistan Over the last few days there have been signals coming from this inflamed country that negotiations with the Taliban are in the frame. I heard the words from President Karzai in a TV interview with the  BBC’s  John Simpson. Now General McChrystal has talked of negotiations. ‘ There has been enough fighting ‘, he […]