Church of England lacks moral authority and independence to head citizen assembly.
The Church I am a member of, the Church of England, continues to disappoint, Dr Helen de Cruz writes. [Read now...]
- PMP Magazine Contributor.
Dr Helen De Cruz
- 48 articles in PMP Magazine
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Belgian philosopher and Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University who specialises in philosophy of religion, experimental philosophy, and philosophy of cognitive science.
The cavalry isn’t coming — The British can only save themselves from Brexit.
If anything is to happen, whether it is for Brexit to be stopped or reversed, it’s really only down to the British voters, Dr Helen de Cruz argues. [Read now...]
No-deal Brexit, like Brexit in general, is simply pluto-populism.
Dr Helen de Cruz on pluto-populism, no-deal Brexit and the Conservative Party. [Read now...]
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, Austerity, Brexit, Brexiters, Boris Johnson, Conservatives, David Cameron, EU Citizens, EU27, Irish Backstop, NHS, No-Deal Brexit, Northern Ireland, Pluto-Populism, Priti Patel, Schools, The Troubles, Twitter thread, Very Rich
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Hey, Brexiters, leave them kids alone...
Remember when our new home secretary, Priti Patel, said in 2016 that EU citizen’s children posed a threat to UK class sizes? [Read now...]
Forget Boris Johnson’s ‘slumbering giant’, Britain is a dying kraken.
Dr Helen De Cruz’s analysis of Boris Johnson acceptance speech as he becomes the new Conservatives Leader. [Read now...]
Should ‘their’ taxes fund ‘our’ left behind? Critical notes on Global Future’s migration dividend fund.
EU citizens are part of society, part of communities, and how our taxes are spent should reflect that, Dr Helen de Cruz writes. [Read now...]
FaceApp — Things are not what they seem... You. Are. The. Product.
With FaceApp, Dr Helen de Cruz discovers a whole new level of creepy. [Read now...]
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, AI, AlphaGo, Carole Cadwalla, Data Collection, Deepfake, FaceApp, Far-Right, Long-Read, Online Privacy, Russia, Tech
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Brexit — With understanding comes progress.
Dr Helen De Cruz puts the pieces of the Brexit jigsaw puzzle together. On Austerity, the far-right and the Brexit Party. [Read now...]
Why those Brexit talks were doomed from start.
Dr Helen De Cruz on why the Labour-Conservatives Brexit talks were never going to work and why they were doomed from start. [Read now...]
Why Remain’s message (even now) is not effective.
Why is Remain’s message not as effective as it can be? Dr Helen De Cruz argues that it is not because of a lack of good PR but because Remain inherited a zero-sum logic from the UK’s long relationship with the EU, a history with opt-outs, special arrangements and rebates. [Read now...]
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Opinion, European Election, Remain, Remainers, UK Politics, Brexit
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The long-term solution to Brexit will need to involve changes in how politics is done.
Thursday’s council elections indicate again the big weakness of referendums – they are a snapshot in time, and it is difficult for voters to amend them, think again or signal their unhappiness with a past decision. [Read now...]
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Opinion, Brexit, UK Politics, Twitter thread
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Leaving the UK.
A reflection on Brexit, and my reasons for leaving the UK this Summer... [Read now...]
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Opinion, Brexit, Immigration, EU Citizens, UK Politics
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