UK Politics: A New Kind of Crisis

December 5, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Frank Field said something very important on the radio this morning. He said not a single MP standing for election in May 2015 has a clue how the twin problems of the structural deficit and the debt mountain are going to be dealt with, no matter who forms the new government. To this can be added the […]

Books Re-Branding: Important News

December 5, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

As my regular readers know I combine writing novels and occasional non-fiction with blogging on current affairs. My novels are divided between light or popular fiction and more substantial thought provoking work with a historical background. From now on I am using the pen name Tor Raven for popular fiction. Previous books have been re-branded and re-issued to reflect […]

U.K. Economy: Trouble Ahead

December 4, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Osborne gave a confident performance yesterday. But so did Ed Balls. After last time that must have been a relief for Labour. It should rattle the Tories. Not because of the better Commons performance of the Shadow Chancellor, but because of of what lies behind it. Labour’s economic team, having stuck rigidly to a pretty […]

Cameron ‘Economy Under Control’: Really?

December 2, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

When Cameron came to power and appointed Osborne they pledged economic recovery based on certain principles. The first was the economy would be re-balanced away from housing and the financial sector. Second it would be export led, third that government spending would be cut and the deficit eliminated over a parliament, and finally government borrowing would fall. None of […]