- 06, 24, 2016
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- By ReimaginingEurope
- EU Referendum, Sentamu, Welby
Building a good UK, playing its part amongst the nations
Following the decision by the British people t leave the EU on 23 June, Archbishop Justin Welby and Archbishop John Sentamu issued a joint statement asking everyone to act with humility and courage - being true to the principles that make the very best of the UK.
Read More- 06, 13, 2016
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- Belonging, Nigel Biggar
The nation state and the case for remaining in the EU
Nigel Biggar reasons there may well be good reasons for Britain to remain in the E.U. But if that is so, the unchristian nature, or the obsolescence, of the nation-state is not one of them. Nation-states are not in fact passé, and the Bible doesn’t tell us that they should be. To argue for Britain to remain in the European Union on the ground that the age of the nation-state is over is nonsensical because, of course, a federal E.U. would be nothing other than a larger state, serving the newly self-conscious nation of Europeans, and able to hold its own against the United States on the one hand, and Russia and China on the other.
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