Author: Malcolm Blair-Robinson

USA Healthcare: More Court Drama

December 15, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Trump is gleeful that a Texas judge has ruled Obamacare unconstitutional. It remains to be seen whether this gets to the Supreme Court and whether its new conservative majority decides to prolong the shameful fact that the USA is the only developed country not to have a universal and affordable healthcare system. But this is […]

May Wins: And Bigger Than it Looks

December 13, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

May won. And she won convincingly. The Brexiteers were beaten. Two thirds of the parliamentary Tory party backed May. Had the same margin been required before effecting major constitutional change in the referendum in 2016, which should have been the case, the whole Brexit project would have failed. The hard Brexiteers are busy running around […]

May’s Fight

December 12, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Even fools can see that not only is it ridiculous, self indulgent and counter productive to trigger a leadership election, but also demeaning to the notion that Great Britain retains its ability to govern itself coherently. Not only are the Tory hard Brexiteers who are driving this plunge into farce of historic proportions indeed fools, […]

Brexit Crisis: Coming to the Boil

December 10, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

At what is clearly a critical and historic moment it is right for this blog to re-state my position. The EU is the greatest political achievement since the fall of Rome, uniting the whole European family and civilization into a single economic and political entity, sharing sovereignty, whilst at the same time preserving independent nation […]

Another White House Exit

December 9, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It has been known for some time that General Kelly was unlikely to stay. It is surprising he lasted so long. The military mind is built on discipline, rules, order and obedience. You would think such qualities ideal for the seat of Executive Government. But the Trump White House is built around Trump. Most Presidents […]