Category: Malcolm Blair Robinson

America And The Fiscal Cliff

January 3, 2013 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

From Australia The headlong dash to the fiscal cliff has shuddered to a messy compromise at the very edge. America’s dysfunctional system of federal government has managed to cobble together a deal which has brought relief to the markets. Politicians of all sides preen themselves for behaving like statesmen and women in the national interest. But what […]

Disarming America

December 26, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

From Australia The shocking killings of children, teachers and fire fighters which have traumatised America, are not unique to that country. A crazed attack by a rampaging gunman can happen anywhere, even in the best ordered and most enlightened societies, as Norwegians know to their terrible cost. The difference is that in America these numbing assaults on […]

The Euro: What Now?

December 24, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

From Australia Many commentators, including this blog, did not expect the euro to end 2012 in one piece. It seemed likely that some major re-configuration would be required to set the single currency onto a secure path and that might include some weaker members dropping out. Instead what has happened is that just enough has […]

Belfast Unrest

December 9, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

To those who live on the mainland of Britain, the sectarian tensions of Northern Ireland are hard to understand, not because of their complexity, but because of their ability to inflame. This is Westminster’s, rather than Belfast’s, fault. For far too many decades successive British governments have been unwilling to face down the loyalists in […]

Book Promotion:The Judas Cross

December 3, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Now available on Kindle, a new edition of my page turning  psycho thriller, set in a English village in the 1920’s, awash with vintage characters and dark secrets, will keep you engrossed whenever and wherever you have time to escape into a world of sex, murder and the dark forces of evil. Download from Amazon now! You […]

Leveson And Press Freedom

December 2, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Lord justice Leveson has given his verdict. It has created something of a problem for the Tory party. The majority backs Cameron in opposing the idea of voluntary regulation enshrined in a suitable statute; a minority of Tory MPs back Leveson. Add those pro Leveson Tories to all the Lib Dems and Labour, who also […]