Martin's View

A blog mainly about politics, both domestic and international. For those who are seeking safe passage between the extremes.

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Oil Exploration and Trident

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There is a headline today in the Sunday Post: Tories blocked oil boom in the Clyde, Heseltine admits . This is the kind of headline that ...
Friday, 23 May 2014

Media and a Duty of Care.

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In this talk, TEDxHousesofParliement , film director David Puttnam asks whether the media has a duty of care towards the public. It is a go...
Friday, 2 May 2014

Clarkson, Childhood and Eenie Meenie.

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I do feel sorry for Jeremy Clarkson.  That rhyme, Eenie Meenie Minie Mo, was sang constantly in my childhood.  It wasn't right but in th...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Reading In Confinement

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I have never been in prison and, by the grace of God, may that condition continue.  But my work often leads me into that state of confineme...
Sunday, 16 March 2014

The Ruble vs. The Euro: What Putin Didn't See.

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In the good old days of the Soviet Union, the leadership of the Kremlin did not really have to care much about neither public opinion nor w...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013

MPs' Pay.

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In an independent report, IPSA, the body responsible for parliamentary oversight suggests a pay rise for MPs of eleven percent. Frankly I a...
Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Part-Time Deterrent

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As part of today’s conference debate F32Defending the Future – UK Defence in the 21st Century (Defence Policy Paper) , (pages 50-53) in...
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