Often it seems that the deep historical roots of people’s experiences of exclusion go unconsidered.
"Not everybody has a say in how Britain is run and devolution alone cannot remedy this."
In an important ongoing discussion on Can Europe make it? on what it would take to democratise Europe, one radical suggestion for a way to establish the necessary community.
“There can only be one answer …if the international development sector is to reclaim lost credibility and relevance in the communities that voted leave.”
"The British example should be a lesson for all of Europe - to remain united and at the same time not to lose its national identities."
"I am entitled to shout this from the mountaintop since I have been asking since the referendum was called: How are political decisions made in this country?"
“All the wars in the former Yugoslavia started with a referendum.”
"If Brexit has one lesson for us, it’s that the status quo isn’t quite as unshakeable as we may think it is."
“Brexiteers’ sovereignty tapped into the colonial nostalgia and delusion of grandeur that is still part of its national consciousness.”
"Hard as it sounds, Brexit should awaken us to the urgency of resurrecting the big questions, and once again contesting our future."
The Big Tent model has given way to a fight to the finish between ideologues and pragmatists, both further and further away from the “People” they are supposed to represent.
“For my part, my sentiment is not just embarrassment, but shame. That we should choose the coward’s way of turning on the EU in its moment of need.”
