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Rulers come and go

Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga the chaplain of St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga Latvia takes a closer look the sense of bemusement that shape local perception son the UK EU referendum. She argues that in today’s complex political situation, overlaid with anxiety about national sovereignty and the impact of migration, the greatest threat comes from within ourselves, and from the possibility that our fears and insecurities will change our core values and make us increasingly wary of the stranger and the vulnerable, increasingly hostile and inhospitable.

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Postcard from Rīga

Jana Jēruma-Grīnberga’s postcard from Riga suggests that even if the idea of the EU’s post war narrative as a beacon of peace and stability is loosing traction in the UK it continues to hold sway in post-Soviet Latvia.

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