Reading Time: 2 minutes This latest YouGov survey is an absolute shocker. It really is. And I can verify these stats with the last two party members I have spoken to (in my extended family). It has got to the point where political stubbornness has led to these extreme positions. We really are looking more and more likely, as […]
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The State of Brexit: Thoughts following the EU elections
Reading Time: 8 minutes Here is another political one, this time guest posted by Rhys Chellow, someone I know from Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub. If you would like to guest post here, please let me know. Over to Rhys: Although The Brexit Party won the greatest number of seats in the UK for the EU election, it’s not accurate to […]
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Motivated Reasoning; Aligning with Supporters of Breaking up the EU
Reading Time: 5 minutes As you will all know, I’m a supporter of the EU and the UK staying within its confines. I have argued against a ton of people, both in person and in public debates, on the subject. But the one thing that scares the bejesus out of me at the moment is when considering who wants the UK […]
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Brexit, the Media and Democracy: My Debate
Reading Time: < 1 minute A few months back, I was involved in a one on one debate with David Warden of Dorset Humanists on the subject of “Dorset Humanists Debates – Brexit, the Media and the Future of Democracy”. David Warden spoke first followed by myself, then some cross-examination and then some fun with Q & A (worth listening to). […]
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The Armed Forces and Their Remit, Corporations, and Morality
Reading Time: 9 minutes As many of you know, my self-declared remit here is quite wide. I post on many topics from philosophy of religion through to the social and psychological aspects of religion, from philosophy in general through to politics, economics, morality and beyond. Hopefully, this makes reading the blog a wide and varied thing and appeals to a […]
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The Scandal that Is Brexit
Reading Time: 9 minutes Call me a Remoaner all you like, but the current state of affairs concerning Brexit is absolutely scandalous. My UK readers will undoubtedly know most of this and so this is more for the benefit of my international readership. Yes, we hear it all the time: the public have spoken and voted and we should […]
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Brexit and Democracy
Reading Time: 9 minutes This is my second in a series on the EU, Media and Democracy, inspired by a debate I was recently in. I would argue that the EU was never a worry for the vast majority of British people until it became a worry because it was artificially generated and this coincided with issues or perceived […]
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Brexit and the Media
Reading Time: 8 minutes As Winston Churchill once said, the best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter, but there you go. Has Brexit represented a win for democracy? In short, no. We have a representative democracy whereby we democratically vote for a local MP to represent us in Parliament by voting on issues on […]
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Brexit Is Not a “Clear Mandate” from the People
Reading Time: 3 minutes The EU referendum was a close affair, with a 52 / 48% split in the vote. What makes things particularly interesting is that the number of people who regret their vote is supposedly bigger than the difference in the vote between Leave and Remain. This means that, arguably, more people actually now want to remain […]
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Brexit, Nissan, the Free Market, Protectionism and Government Insanity
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bit of a sidetrack here. Brexit has happened and it looks increasingly likely that the UK will leave the European Single Market. Those on the Remain side have been lauding the issues (falling pound, the banks planning to pull out etc.) whilst the Leavers have been lauding the positives (better than expected UK growth, […]