Gay Priest Wronged

August 3, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Like a multitude of others, this blog is outraged that a Church of England Canon has had his appointment as an NHS chaplain cancelled because he has recently married his partner and the local bishop has revoked his licence to act as a priest in the NHS. This is intolerable. Unfortunately the C of E […]

Cameron is Dangerous.

August 2, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Cameron has written to NATO leaders urging various increases in military preparedness in eastern Europe to send a signal to Russia not to put a foot further west. To put it simply Cameron is either briefed by the wrong people or he is strategically clueless when it comes to foreign policy. In a changing world […]

Statins: A Personal Experience

August 2, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

There is quite a lot of media coverage of an alleged error in an article in the British Medical Journal which apparently contained a statistical mistake about the effectiveness and risks of blanket prescription of statins for everybody over, I believe, forty. This is what happened to me. I was prescribed statins when my cholesterol level […]

NATO: Is It Prepared?

July 31, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It depends for what. According to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, NATO is not ready to deal with the ‘Russian Threat’.  This Blog admires the Chairman of this committee more than almost any other MP. Rory Stewart is a writer, broadcaster, academic, historian and former soldier. He is perhaps the expert on  Middle East […]

Gaza Agony

July 30, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It is true that Israel is threatened by Hamas. It is true that Hamas’s command, control and rocket launch infrastructure is honeycombed within residential areas of Gaza, not least because it is a tiny area with a dense population. It s also true that Hamas rockets can and do kill and maim Israelis indiscriminately. And, […]

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July 29, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Downfall In Downing Street This gripping political thriller set in London in the nineteen-nineties, post Thatcher and at the height of the sleaze era, is well worth downloading for free. If you prefer a real book a new paperback edition is now available. All from Amazon worldwide. ……as the train roared out of the tunnel, […]

Downfall In Downing Street: Free Download

July 28, 2014 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Download this thriller from the naughty nineties free! Use this  promo to get your FREE ebook of this political thriller from the post Thatcher sleaze era. Full of authentic insider detail, the story opens with the seedy death of a Cabinet minister, apparently murdered by a prostitute. But all is not what it seams and the government cover up […]