Polls: Where Do They Point?

March 14, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The averages weighted and adjusted to a variety of methodologies point to the Tories being the largest party and Labour a close second. But, and here is the problem, neither party will have enough to form a coalition with another single party, notwithstanding that the party leaders are ruling out coalitions in an orgy of […]

Lord Grade: Playing Politics?

March 11, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This blog does not agree with Lord Grade’s opinion that broadcasters are playing politics if they leave an empty chair when Cameron fails to turns up to one or all of the TV debates. This blog does admire Lord Grade’s long history and experience in all facets of broadcasting and recognises the dynasty from which […]

Is Labour Losing?

March 10, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It is too early to tell but more polls are beginning to put the Tories a point or two ahead. This may be a passing moment in a race where both parties are, and have been for some months, neck and neck. Or it may be a trend. If the trend continues all sorts of […]

Downing Street Thriller

March 7, 2015 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. Downfall in Downing Street catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional […]

Boehner Gets It Wrong

March 7, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Supplying arms of any kind to Ukraine will only encourage it to keep fighting. The violence stems from Kiev refusing to accept that its right wing declarations and violent supporters frightened the life out of ethnic Russians to the point where independence and Russian backing seemed the only safe option. Had it recognised from the start […]