Growth Figures: Not Good

April 28, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Ignoring the political implications of these latest figures, they reveal exactly what it is that is wrong with our economy. Construction and manufacturing are down as are exports; lower than expected growth is dependent on the service sector to stop it being negative and within that shopping and eating out are the drivers. Once again […]

Downfall In Downing Street

April 27, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]

A Plague On All Their Houses!

April 27, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This blog is utterly dismayed by the demand side auction now engaging the main political parties to try and buy votes. All these rights, benefits and support for buying, without any coherent plan for a massive programme of affordable house building to rent, can only increase the shortage, inflate prices and increase the demand for taxation […]

Death Star Hospital: A Scot Nat Success

April 27, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The Star Wars nickname given by locals to the vast new health complex in their midst, now about to open, gives emphasis to the remarkable achievement of the South Glasgow University Hospital. This  £1 billion project, funded by the Scottish Government, is one of the largest and certainly most up to date critical healthcare complexes in Europe. It  puts […]

Rebalancing The Economy

April 27, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

An idea to stimulate economic growth without further government borrowing. Written in plain English and very easy to follow, this is the only really fresh approach out there to the intractable problems of the UK economy, and it is just beginning to be noticed in important places. Buy! Download only .99p Paperback £2.99 Kindle or Paperback  UK […]

America: Race Riots

April 27, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Maybe it is an inevitable outcome of racial tension, which is as old as America itself with its origins in slavery and the aftermath of the slow progress of equal rights, that in towns like Ferguson Missouri from time to time things will flare up. But race riots in Baltimore? This does not play well for the international […]

Steamy Political Thriller

April 25, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. Downfall catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]

Election 2015: A Tory Edge?

April 25, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

In this never ending election campaign one can only say for sure that in two weeks time it will all be over. However we may be none the wiser about who is going to govern us. At present, although very close, it begins to look as if the Tories have a slight advantage. This will […]