Month: August 2014

Southampton General: So Very Wrong

August 31, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The treatment of the parents of the little boy with the brain tumour because they lost confidence in the ability of the paediatric department of this hospital to improve his deteriorating condition, is preposterous. The alarmist declarations that the feeding system was about to run out of battery life turns out to be nonsense and the clamour […]

Free Kindle Download

August 30, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

For two days only, the last chance for a free Kindle download of the explosive Nazi era novel! Dedicated Kindle file with clickable chapters for easy navigation.        Click on Image to download Lise Bauer is born in Africa in 1906, brought to England by her parents from where she is expelled with […]

Two Novels In One Book

August 29, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or Kindle from Amazon worldwide. Buy now […]

Ukraine: Russian Intentions?

August 29, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The lurid interpretation of Putin’s Plan is that he wants to restore the boundaries of the defunct Soviet Union and then roll on to Calais. This is nonsense. Russia is much more nervous of the expansion east of NATO and the EU. He has much more evidence of that actually happening than the reverse. What Putin wants is […]

Scotland: A Currency Crisis Already

August 27, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The decision by the Scottish Nationalists to announce that if they do not get the currency deal they want they will default is almost lunatic. Not only would such a decision put Scotland out of touch with the money markets so that borrowing was impossible, it would destroy its financial services industry and hobble its prosperity […]

Two Books for The Price of One

August 26, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Fun holiday reading, two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or Kindle from Amazon worldwide. […]

Scotland Debate: Alex Salmond Wins. For Now.

August 26, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Just as he clearly lost the first debate, Alex Salmond clearly won the second. If this were a presidential election, the win might prove decisive. But in this referendum for independence it may not prove anything. Neither Darling nor Salmond were fighting for a leadership endorsement. Neither were they fighting for a party endorsement to […]

Two Spooky Mysteries: Kindle or Paperback

August 24, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Fun holiday reading, two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or Kindle from Amazon worldwide. […]

UK Strategic Interests

August 23, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

As if to emphasise the points made in the preceding Post, today on the BBC lunchtime news, the former British Ambassador to Syria, a very distinguished diplomat, added his voice to the the chorus of criticism building up about the government’s refusal to see the need to open a dialogue with Assad to combat ISIL. […]

Philip Hammond: Disappointing

August 23, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Practically all Europeans, and certainly the US, are coming round to the grim understanding that a significant reconfiguration of alliances will be required in the Middle East if ISIL is to be checked. In the UK two public figures known for sticking doggedly to a favoured cause whatever the cost, Sir Richard Dannatt and Sir […]