Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Originally published as Downfall in 1995, these new paperback and Kindle editions of one of my favourite works has stood the test of time rather well. I began it late in 1993, completed it during 1994 and it was published in 1995. I dipped into a copy on a recent rainy afternoon and found it had acquired something of a vintage feel. The country was just recovering from one of its recessions, Canary Wharf had gone bust mid-construction and sleaze was beginning to seep through Whitehall as John Major’s Government tottered forward to destruction in 1997. Negative equity was rife.

If you want a political page turner with murder, sex (strong) and establishment intrigue, you will find this worth reading. I urge you to help give it a new lease of life. When you have read it I hope you too will agree it deserves it! Maybe you could even add a review, good or bad!

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There is no cause which can be advanced by kidnapping and murdering teenagers and the world is united in its condemnation of the perpetrators of this shocking crime, which Israel is satisfied are from Hamas. As expected, the Israeli defence community is planning retribution. The terrible thing is that this will lead to more killing on both sides and will change nothing. This cycle of violence has now been operating for over half a century and shows no sign of resolution for the benefit of either side.

At the heart of the log jam in the peace process, if indeed there is such a thing, is the Israeli settlement policy.This has done more to lose the Jewish state friends and influence than any action by its enemies. It has also done more to multiply those enemies than any internal recruitment drive those enemies could themselves promote. So long as it goes on, the likes of Hamas will have a cause and a purpose. Each  bulldozed Palestinian home is a spur to hatred and violence.

Israel has to ask itself for how long it is willing to subject its citizens to this level of insecurity and suffering, for unless it comes up with a better way forward, the killings will go on for ever.

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