Category: Malcolm Blair Robinson

NATO: Is It Prepared?

July 31, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It depends for what. According to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, NATO is not ready to deal with the ‘Russian Threat’.  This Blog admires the Chairman of this committee more than almost any other MP. Rory Stewart is a writer, broadcaster, academic, historian and former soldier. He is perhaps the expert on  Middle East […]

Gaza Agony

July 30, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It is true that Israel is threatened by Hamas. It is true that Hamas’s command, control and rocket launch infrastructure is honeycombed within residential areas of Gaza, not least because it is a tiny area with a dense population. It s also true that Hamas rockets can and do kill and maim Israelis indiscriminately. And, […]

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July 29, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

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July 28, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

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Clegg and Moscow: This Is Wrong

July 27, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The news that Nick Clegg thinks that the next World Cup should be taken away from Russia, jumps onto the hysterical anti-Putin bandwagon whipped up in western media by people who have little grasp of the facts. The deputy prime minister should know better. Russia is not a rogue state, there are good historic reasons for its […]

Labour, Milliband and Winning

July 26, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The Labour Party is ahead in the polls but not by a large margin. The margin is small enough to be eaten away during the election campaign. The recovery is gaining momentum. This is awkward for the party which said the Coalition was on the wrong course. It is true that the recovery is fuelled […]

Cameron: Think It Through!

July 23, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The ‘blame the Russians’ mantra running through British foreign policy, which feeds into hate stories in the media and inflames public opinion, has the power to damage Britain in the long term much more than it does Russia. Russia is perhaps the most resilient of all nations. It coped with Napoleon, the Kaiser, Hitler and the […]