During the referendum on the EU, I campaigned for Remain; I was not surprised when the result was to leave it was the most likely outcome. The aftermath divided the country; the result gave fuel to those pushing for Scottish …
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In the friends of Voltaire hall, there is a quote which I believe expresses one of the fundamental principles of our society “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” …
We currently live in a world where the BBC showing a dramatisation of a speech by a British politician Enoch Powell and including commentary from others who have different viewpoints is meet with comments that the BBC is enabling racism …
The warning of good intentions Over the past month I have been involved in several discussions that have included the terrifying phrases: you can’t worry about that as this is the perfect solution. yes but we are good people, so …
Recently the issues of freedom of beliefs have played a prominent part in conversations especially over the last few weeks both online and face to face. For the apparent simplicity is not a simple thing or something that everyone has …
I don’t want to focus on the standard arguments of trying to renegotiate trade agreements or the possible effect on the economy or any of the other points or hypothesis that get put forward in these referendum articles or by …
Over the last few months, I have been thinking about how we are individually much more responsible for events than we think and in many ways how this responsibility is not always clear to us as individuals. This process has …
To be clear I am not in favour of air raids and strikes which is not the same not supporting military action as part of a wider set of activities. The thing that interest me in the current situation is …
Lots of recent conversations have possibly made it worth laying out "the marked mans choice" I have heard it called other names but they all amount to the same thing. Although this can be found with many different starting points …
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