- 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- 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- 02, 02, 2017
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- Jonathan Chaplin
British superiority and insularity exposed by cold reality of Brexit
Has a British sense of insular superiority contributed to a politics of delusion when it comes to negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU. Jonathan Chaplin strips back some of the rhetoric from the government’s negotiating position to find a government in denial as to the challenges that lie ahead.
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- 06, 21, 2016
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- Caroline Spelman, EU Referendum
Bridging the EU’s generational divide
Caroline Spelman looks at the reasons underpinning the generational divide underpinning the EU referendum debate. She urges those of later years to think about their children and their grandchildren when casting their vote on June 23rd. None of us should cast our vote just in our own interest but think about those we bind to our decision.
Read More- 05, 17, 2016
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- Identity, Philip Giddings
Identity and risk (2)
In the second of two blogs, Philip Giddings explores Christian understandings of risks, and uncertainty and how they apply to the EU referendum. He writes that for Christians ultimate security can only be found in Almighty God. This means not having to give way to fear or fatalism in the EU referendum debates: rather we take confidence in His promise that as we walk with Him risk gives way to security and together in Him we find our true identity.
Read More- 12, 11, 2015
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- Belonging, Identity, Tim Livesey, Values
Staying calm in a crisis
Huge external pressures are suddenly bearing in on the technocratic project that is Europe, laying bear a worryingly thin veneer of shared values and common cultural responses to perceived, or real, external threats. Former diplomat Tim Livesey makes the case that the EU will only be able to respond effectively to the multiple crises it faces if it holds firm to its values. Razor wire alone will not solve the problems.
Read More- 12, 08, 2015
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- Booth, Subsidiarity
The liberal’s dilemma
Philip Booth makes the case that Eurosceptics tend to suffer from nirvana fallacy – they compare the EU with all its faults to a perfect policy environment in the UK. They ignore the positive aspects of the EU record, such as the action that has been taken to free the movement of capital and labour, and also ignore the negative aspects of the Westminster government’s record.To Philip Booth, a liberal economist, the Brexit dilemma is that we might end up with all the EU regulation and, in addition, more restrictions on migration.
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