Month: October 2014

Read And Enjoy

October 16, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

  Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com

Ebola In Texas

October 16, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The following article appears today on the BBC News Website. It is well worth reading. BBC News – The Ebola fumble in Dallas The Ebola fumble in Dallas When President Barack Obama first spoke about Ebola after an American aid worker was flown to Atlanta for treatment having contracted the disease in West Africa, he […]

Four Good Reads

October 14, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

  Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com

Fair Capitalism: Mark Carney Speaks

October 13, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The governor of the Bank of England, speaking in Washington, has said some very profound things. This blog reproduces the text of the BBC News report BBC News – Mark Carney says bankers’ behaviour needs to change Bankers’ behaviour still needs to change following the financial crisis, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned. […]

Read and Enjoy

October 13, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

  Each of these books is different and not part of a sequence, but all of them have the common ability to draw you into the story and keep you turning the pages from start to finish. Click on any of the images for my page on Amazon UK and here for Amazon.com

Four Party Politics

October 11, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The party conference season is over. There have been two seismic political shocks in bye-elections. The general election is seven months away. Nobody is able to predict the outcome. All of this is an unusual configuration of confusion as the first fixed term parliament lurches forward to its close. It is a moment to assess […]

Human Rights Act

October 4, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The news that this increasingly right wing Tory party, in flight from the UKIP attack, is now promising to unravel the Human Rights Act, has upset two of its most distinguished grandees and rightly so. Dominic Grieve and Ken Clarke have been busy on the media expressing anxiety and dismay at the plans put forward […]

Cameron or Milliband?

October 2, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

After the conclusion of the two big conferences Labour remains ahead in the polls, but only just and its lead is within the margin of error. If the issue were decided on conference quality, the Tories would win, not least because of their steadiness under fire from scandal and defections. If the issue were decided […]