Category Archives: Democracy

Brexit gets Personal

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

In today’s world talk is cheap and words often mean nothing. In Theresa May’s speech on future UK-EU relations 2 March, she said referring to the EU, “We know what we want. We understand your principles. We have a shared … Continue reading →

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Do we really need MORE democracy? Is consent of the people a recipe for instability?

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

I was intrigued to see today that as Jean-Claude Junker addressed the European Parliament he was heckled by Nigel Farage who said, “what was being proposed was more Europe in every single direction… without the consent of the people”. It … Continue reading →

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