Helen De Cruz’s assessment of the BBC “Crossing the Divides” ‘game’, where you get to play an EU nurse who just comes back from a visit to Estonia and get told to be nice to people who voted for her to be in limbo in the UK. Dark, dark times.
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Helen De Cruz on how Brexit is destroying UK academia. Morale in the sector has hit rock bottom.
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Philosopher Helen De Cruz has concerns over the People’s Vote campaign’s current treatment of ethnic minorities, EU citizens, Brits in Europe, and Leave voters.
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What does European identity mean? What is distinctive about it? How can we assert it without falling into narratives of western superiority? Listen to the UK Remainers!
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The hostile environment, Brexit, the new immigration system and the end of freedom of movement reflect the will of the people. Do they really?
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If faced with a difficult situation or a crisis, we would like leaders to take into account our viewpoints and interests. So why do people seem to be drawn to the authoritarian type of leadership?
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Helen De Cruz on Theresa May’s no confidence vote and how Brexit has been sucking energy away from everything else in Westminster.
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Why a People’s Vote should enfranchise EU citizens resident in the UK. This short piece debunks the common myths of why it can’t be done, e.g., not enough time, not democratic, not British citizens...
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Putting a price tag on certain people is certainly not something we teach our children, yet some politicians expect us to think in those terms... Examining what it means to be a “net contributor”.
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Helen De Cruz on the moral damage inflicted by David Cameron on so many — and prior to Theresa May — to respond to the concerns of a xenophobic upper class.
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Helen De Cruz on why freedom of movement means a lot more to British people than Theresa May and the Brexiteers want them to believe, especially students.
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I am grieving over Brexit, an exploration of what this feeling is like.
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Jacob Rees Mogg on the Brexit Deal on the table, “It’s not so much the vassal state anymore, it’s the slave state”. Wrong, this is not slavery, but a lesson in humility!
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Rolling out the hostile environment for EU citizens is not an economic decision. It is a purely political decision.
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Should the UK mark Brexit with a special coin? While the design is not yet known, the text on the reverse side will say ‘Friendship with all nations’. Is it desirable to have such a coin, with this text?
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What is the function of expressing moral outrage and why do we do it?
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Why people believe in scientifically discredited theories.
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