Month: May 2016

Downfall In Downing Street

May 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]

The Anti-Establishment Vote?

May 17, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This phenomenon, which started in Greece, is rampaging across the United States propelling Trump onwards and upwards and keeping Sanders in the race although he has lost the nomination but might win the presidency with more certainty than Clinton. It may be the contagion is settling here in the UK as well. This movement does not recognise […]

Vintage Thriller: Paperback or Download

May 16, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

 The latest edition of this ever popular psycho-thriller, now in its twentieth year, has a dramatic new cover and is offered for a limited period at the special price of £5.99 paperback and .99p  Download. A haunting tale of passion and the paranormal, written in the style of its setting in the 1920s. A tiny English […]

Boris And Hitler

May 15, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Boris making out that the EU is comparable to Nazi Germany’s conquest of Europe is bordering on the imbecile. Which is odd because Boris is supposed to be a clever man. To try and make out that the democratic and voluntary union of independent nation states for the benefit of trade, peace and human advancement is […]

IMF Brexit Warning: Should We Worry?

May 13, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

In a word yes. With manufacturing in recession, external debt still the second highest in the world and  growth slowing, the UK economy is in no position to embark on an economic adventure into the unknown. The IMF is lined up with practically every financial organisation of importance in uttering dire warnings of a Brexit Yes. […]

The Bank of England Weighs In.

May 12, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

If the central bank of any country warns publicly of the risks inherent in a political course, a rare event, note is always and should be taken. The problem for the Bank of England governor and his senior colleagues is that the government to whom they are responsible is split in half and facing opposite directions […]

Brexit Thoughts 10: A Tory Civil War

May 12, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

If it is indeed the case that Brexit would destabilise Europe and that it would be a financial disaster with unquantifiable consequences, why on earth are we having this referendum? Surely to call it is madness? Or if it is instead the case that Brexit will bring great benefits in trade and  jobs how exactly is […]

US Election: Trump v Sanders??

May 11, 2016 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Some very interesting polling has emerged which matches exactly the prediction made in this blog previously. There is a synergy between the young backing  Trump and those backing Sanders. It appears that there is now some risk that Trump could beat Clinton if Bernie drops out because a lot of his support would swing to Donald […]