Growth Without Borrowing

February 20, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]

Russia:UK Foreign Office Gets It Wrong

February 20, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

BBC News – Ukraine: UK and EU ‘badly misread’ Russia Committee chairman Lord Tugendhat said: “The lack of robust analytical capacity, in both the UK and the EU, effectively led to a catastrophic misreading of the mood in the run-up to the crisis.” The above is taken from the BBC news website and refers to […]

Economic Growth: A Better Way

February 19, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]

Economic Growth: A Bold New Idea

February 18, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Politicians do not like to talk about the fragile nature of the UK’s Economic Recovery. Yet it remains rooted in borrowing, asset inflation, housing costs which are out of control and a housing shortage which continues to grow. It is consumption based in a country which no longer makes things for shoppers to buy, so […]

Fragile Ceasefire: Can It Hold?

February 18, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It was clear to anyone with some understanding of what the situation was on the ground and the emotions driving it, that the separatists would not stop fighting until the Debaltseve salient was in their hands. Merkel probably knew this when she said things were far from certain. She also probably knew, because that it what happened […]

Bondage Sex and Lies at the Top

February 17, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This steamy thriller from the post Thatcher era is proving surprisingly popular, so it has been given a new cover in line with my latest novels. With all the media noise of the long election campaign, it offers a compelling insight into power behind the scenes. Check it out on my Amazon pages. AMAZON.UK       […]

Young People: Benefits or Opportunity?

February 17, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Cameron and Milliband are busy advertising the ways in which their own brand of politics will help young people into work. The Labour model looks more comprehensive. The Tory idea of community work is something of a cop out and unlikely to inspire young people to make better use of their educational opportunities. At the […]