Month: October 2018

Saudi Arabia: The War In Yemen

October 30, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Shocking though the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi certainly is in fact, in its grizzly brutality and in the difficulty in getting the Saudi’s to admit the truth, the even bigger worry is the war in Yemen. Because in Yemen many tens of thousands are already dead, but many more will die and especially […]

The Budget: End of Austerity?

October 30, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Not really. To paraphrase Churchill, it is not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning. There were no more cuts announced. But there were very few cuts cancelled and many remain in place to kick in. Instead of widely predicted tax rises, there were […]

Zara Vine: Read Now!

October 25, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

  Readers asked the author ‘What inspired you to write this new series?’ Tor Raven replied. ‘First I read nearly a hundred modern thrillers, all on Kindle, in the crime genre, written often by female authors. A few were American, the rest were British, Scandinavian and Icelandic. I learned the kind of thing go getters […]

Are American Politics Turning Ugly?

October 25, 2018 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Politics across the democratic world are becoming more strident and divided. Extremist parties everywhere are thriving at the ease of promoting their dogma on social media platforms, fueled by the general discontent throughout the West at the uneven spread of prosperity since the 2008 crash. But what make America different is the way President Trump […]