Any Fool Can Be Independent

Any Fool Series #9

by James Irvine Robertson

More fun and frolics from the West Country village of Moorcombe, where in spite of the recommendation of the parish council, an application to build a village hall in the style of a medieval castle is rejected.
Confronted by such a denial of democracy, the village has no option but to make a unilateral declaration of independence with Kelvin Morchard, chairman of the parish council, as prime minister.
Ousted by a right wing coup led by Queen Mandy I, alias Mandy Brown, Kelvin, with the help of Sodov, an east European diplomat visiting Moorcombe to discuss a possible village twinning, obtains a dummy atom bomb, which he uses to regain power. Flushed with success he threatens to detonate the Bomb and plunge England into a nuclear winter if his demands are not met. The authorities are faced with a dilemma. Send in the SAS or negotiate...

Hardcover

First published September 11, 2012

About the author

James Robertson was born and educated in Scotland. He studied law before working in advertising in London, Toronto and Johannesburg.

He is an author, broadcaster, historian, humourous columnist & contributor to a wide variety of newspapers and magazines in the UK, US and Australia

After working in advertising he became a pig and dairy farmer in South West England, contributed to agricultural journals and wrote a series of comic novels - the ‘Any Fool’ series. He returned to Scotland in 1991 since when he has concentrated on history.

As James Irvine Robertson, he writes articles and books largely relating to Scots history.