Category: Malcolm Blair Robinson

Trade Deals? There are None

January 18, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It has now emerged that in spite of promises to ‘replicate’ the more than 50 trade deals the UK has with third countries through membership of the EU, including Japan and Canada, none have been made ready for signature nor are anywhere near being ready by March 29th. Trade deals turn out to be much […]

May’s Mistakes

January 14, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

To stand for election as leader of the Conservative Party was a mistake because Theresa May has neither the imagination nor flexibility for successful leadership in times of division and change. She tried to build a coalition between two opposing views within the Tory party, when she should have been building a coalition for a […]

Sentencing Reform Welcome

January 13, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The shocking fact that this country has more people in prison than any other democracy in Europe is one which has disturbed many people for a long time. Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, is now proposing a consultation on eliminating short term sentences of six months or less, because statistics show them to be a […]