The Death of Jo Cox and Our Shared Future

By Dr Nick Stevenson Remain lost the vote. It was of course going to be difficult to over turn the impact of the popular press and the nationalist Right. The layers of cultural meaning and resentment that have been implanted over decades were always going to be hard to dislodge. At first I did think …

How radical is Brexit?

By Dr Anisa Mustafa The decision by British voters to leave the EU has been described as an act of defiance against political elites by disenfranchised working classes. Gary Younge has referred to this as a ‘piercing cry of alienation’ and Owen Jones calls it a working class revolt. There is little doubt that Brexit …

The Referendum: Out of What?

  by Dr Simon Roberts and Prof Bruce Stafford   Now that Boris Johnson has joined Nigel Farage and others in the out camp and the campaign to remain within or leave the European Union has begun in earnest (PM attacks Johnson over Brexit, 23 February) it would be helpful for voters to know what “out” …