Day: 27 September 2017

Labour: Mandatory Re-Selection

September 27, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This has always been a sensitive issue for labour. I have never understood why. Of course constituency parties must have a chance to select their candidate before each general election and there is nothing repressive or left wing about the notion. It is democracy. Becoming an MP is not a job for life. Sometimes it […]

Bombardier: An Object Lesson?

September 27, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Without going into the technicalities of why the US authorities have issued such a punitive tariff against the Canadian plane maker and its Belfast factory, it is important to make a general point about trading with the United States. In spite of the Special Relationship with America and notwithstanding the enormous inter-connection between UK and […]