Rolling out the hostile environment for EU citizens is not an economic decision. It is a purely political decision.

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?

What is the function of expressing moral outrage and why do we do it?

Why people believe in scientifically discredited theories.

Whilst we cannot (and should not) expect someone like Jacob Rees-Mogg to care about mass deportation of EU citizens in case of a No Deal, should we despair at the news that the Northern Ireland Secretary knew nothing about... Northern Ireland?

As the Labour leadership suggests that a second EU referendum would cause riots, Philosopher Helen De Cruz explains what sociologists and economists have to say about social unrest.

It has become increasingly clear that the net migration of EU citizens to Britain is now already at sustainable levels (its lowest level in six years). So, why this banging on about sustainable levels, arbitrarily set in the tens of thousands?

How Brexiters will be able to put anyone in their place. Anyone who is not rich, male and UK-born.

What ordinary citizens should know about trade, tariffs and the Customs Union.

On the anti-Semitic origins of the “Citizens of nowhere” trope. An alarming discourse.

Helen De Cruz argues that a big change in attitude, similar to the one in Ireland where people felt moved with compassion by stories about women forced to have abortions abroad, is needed in Brexit Britain.

If each UK family already lost £900 to Brexit, this is a far, far greater cost. On the profound loss of trust of EU citizens in the UK in Brexit times.

On Axel Scheffler’s moving Nibbies acceptance speech and why the UK cannot pick and choose its brightest and best, but needs a tolerant immigration policy if they want more like him to enrich the UK (culturally and economically).

Why not being able to vote for parliamentary elections makes Helen De Cruz feel like a second-class citizens in Britain.

A piece on race and the Windrush immigration in which I argue that the narrative that Windrush British citizens were invited to build Britain is not only wrong, but fits a xenophobic narrative. They were not guests, but citizens exercising freedom of movement.

It is impossible to enforce strict immigration controls in the absence of an identity card or registration system. If the UK wants to continue to drive down net migration they will need identity cards and registration system.