Month: June 2015

Rudolf Hess: Nazi Era Intrigue

June 5, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

GREAT VALUE. BUY NOW! Download .99p Paperback £5.99     UK         US Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. The truth has been covered up […]

Has Greece Defaulted?

June 5, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Technically no, because it has invoked a concession which allows several payments due in a month to be bundled together and paid at the end.  So the Greek saga of crisis in its relations with  its creditors and members of the Eurozone which, like a can, has been kicked down the road for as long as […]

Dynamic Quantitative Easing: What Is It?

June 4, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

An idea to stimulate economic growth without further government borrowing. Written in plain English and very easy to follow, this is the only really fresh approach out there to the intractable problems of the UK economy, and it is just beginning to be noticed in important places. Buy! Download only .99p Paperback £2.99 Kindle or Paperback  UK […]

A Troubled Parliament?

June 4, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The first impression of this new parliament is not one of a government honeymoon following the Tory victory, but of troubles piling up. There is increasing worry across party lines about growing inequality without anyone appearing to have a convincing answer; there is uncertainty about the negotiations with the EU; there is uncertainty about the […]

FIFA: The Pips Squeak

June 4, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It used to be said that if you squeeze a lemon hard enough the pips in it will squeak. This blog professes no expertise on the world of football and has always found the goings on at FIFA difficult to fathom. On the one hand it has had an extraordinary success in bringing football to almost […]

Education Bill

June 3, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It is one of the peculiar contradictions of Thatcherite Toryism that while extolling the virtues of localism and individual responsibility, it is at the same time probably the most centralising political movement in our history. So while Academies appear to remove schools from the petty interference of local education authorities, they actually fall under the […]

Sturgeon Speaks In Brussels

June 2, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The new politics of a UK of nations joined but not muzzled was in evidence yesterday when Nicola Sturgeon made a speech in Brussels setting out Scotland’s view. This is fundamentally different to Cameron’s message, in the principle that the government is Eurosceptic but willing to stay if the terms are right, whereas Scotland is […]