- 05, 10, 2017
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- Gregory Cameron
Can there be such a thing as a Christian Brexit?
Gregory Cameron writes that though Brexit may not be a spiritual or religious enterprise all the churches, including the Church in Wales, have to engage vigorously in the public debate about Brexit and our society as advocates of a Christian vision of social inclusion and people centred politics. In challenging times of change it falls to us to demonstrate what loving our neighbours really means.
Read More- 05, 03, 2017
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- David Chillingworth
Scottish identity in a post-Brexit Britain
David Chillingworth tries to make sense of the case for Scottish independence following the referendum decision to leave the EU. Despite passionate and heated arguments on both sides he thinks that the majority of voters remain confused as to how to manage their competing identities. He makes the case that Churches and faith communities should maintain an active neutrality in the debate but press for an inclusive process that allows people to explore the issue quietly and carefully.
Read More- 04, 07, 2017
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- Katy Hayward
Where Brexit means … significantly more than a soundbite
Katy Hayward moves beyond the Brexit soundbite to look at what Brexit means for the island of Ireland and the fragile peace process that has been secured by Britain’s and Ireland’s membership of the EU.
Read More- 04, 03, 2017
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- Alison Elliot
Lament for Brexit
Alison Elliot looks at the role the Church can play in encouraging people to sing songs about Brexit – songs of lament, songs of confession, songs of hope. She makes the case that whichever way you voted all these songs are needed today.
Read More- 03, 31, 2017
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- Booth
Trading places
Philip Booth take a closer look at several economic forecasts about Brexit. He makes the case that while not being in the single market may make it more difficult for UK companies to export services, completing trade deals in this complex world within one country rather than as one of 28 countries should be more straightforward.
Read More- 03, 23, 2017
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- Anne Richards
Emerging voices after Brexit
Anne Richards takes a fresh look at some of the motivating forces that led many in working classes areas to vote leave. She explores how the world ‘Leave’ has become detached from its political consequences and assumed a life of its own, as a way of getting back something people can cope with, whether that is law, locality or language. A Brexit for the common good might well ask what else Leave voters really want to see gone
Read More- 02, 27, 2017
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- SErge Fornerod
What future is there for the EU? A Swiss perspective
Serge Fornerod from the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches explores from a Swiss perspective whether the EU has a long term future.
Read More- 02, 09, 2017
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- Katrin Hatzinger
An affair of honour
Katrin Hatzinger takes a closer look at Prime Minister Theresa May’s Lancaster House speech and reflects on how it relates to the promises made during the referendum campaign. She suggest that the ideal relationship for Britain to have with the EU would involve doing as little damage as possible to the manifold political, economic and personal relations - not to forget about the fate of those Brits living, working and studying in the EU and vice versa.
Read More- 01, 27, 2017
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- Dick Newby
Parliament, Article 50 and the case for a second referendum
Nick Newby the Lib Dem Chief Whip in the House of Lords makes the case that at the end of the 3 year A50 negotiations the resulting divorce deal needs to be to put to the people in a further referendum. He sets out that the Lib Dems will seek to include a provision to this effect in the A50 Bill.
Read More- 12, 20, 2016
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- Tim Cross
Brexit and the lost art of political leadership
Tim Cross argues that post-Brexit we need a total revamp of the machinery of government of Government and along with it we need wiser, better prepared leaders with broader experience. only by doing so will Britain be able to reconnect with the prevailing demos.
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