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Category Archives: United Kingdom
Dec 17 2014
European Social Immobility and Inequality are Intimately Related
2 CommentsBy Terence Tse and Mark Esposito One of the most staggering collaterals of the financial crisis, globally but particularly so in Europe, has been the increase of inequality across social fabrics, as we previously outlined in relation to the US. … Continue reading
Posted by: December 17, 2014
Tagged with: CVs, hiring practices, social mobility, youth unemployment
Nov 26 2014
Five minutes with Timothy Garton Ash: “We’re far more European in the UK than we think we are”
1 CommentIs it possible to create a truly European public sphere? In an interview with our colleague Stuart Brown, editor of EUROPP, Timothy Garton Ash discusses the failure of efforts to reignite the enthusiasm of citizens for European integration, the importance … Continue reading
Posted by: November 26, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, European identity, European Public Sphere, Spitzenkandidaten
Nov 11 2014
Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the familiar rituals of remembrance feel particularly poignant in a year marking the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, yet itself scarred by a grim … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2014
Tagged with: Berlin Wall, David Cameron, Euro crisis, European identity, European integration, European Union, Euroscepticism, frames, framing, Nigel Farage, populism, Remembrance Day
Oct 31 2014
EU Membership and the Immigration ‘Problem’ – Fact and fiction in British public discourse
6 CommentsBy Max Hänska As David Cameron attempt to be more royalist than the king, ratcheting up his eurosceptic and anti-immigration rhetoric in an attempt to outgun Nigel Farage, it is obvious that public discourse and popular sentiment are turning sour on migration and membership of the European Union. But what explains the ascent of immigration and the EU as … Continue reading
Posted by: October 31, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, immigration, Nigel Farage
Sep 29 2014
The Scottish referendum is still a victory for Scotland
5 CommentsBy Matthew Whiting The Scottish referendum result strengthened Scottish nationalism and weakened Scotland’s position within the Union. That feels more like a victory than a defeat for Scottish independence. Although David Cameron, and an apparently purring Queen, felt intense relief … Continue reading
Posted by: September 29, 2014
Tagged with: Scottish referendum
Sep 17 2014
A Cosmopolitan Take on the Referendum
1 CommentBy Anthony Lang Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, recently wrote the following concerning the referendum on Scottish independence that will take place on Thursday: So a new idea of citizenship is emerging. It is not … Continue reading
Posted by: September 17, 2014
Tagged with: Citizenship, Cosmopolitanism, Scottish independence
Sep 15 2014
Foreign Reactions to the referendum in Scotland
2 CommentsBy William Walker All eyes are on Scotland as the referendum nears. Governments, the media, financial institutions and hosts of groups and individuals are glued to the debate and wondering how it will end. Amidst concern there is fascination in … Continue reading
Posted by: September 15, 2014
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, European Union, Scottish independence
Jul 29 2014
The Meaning of a British Exit from the European Union
2 CommentsBy John McCormick Since January 2013, and the announcement by British Prime Minister David Cameron of his plan to hold a referendum on continued UK membership of the European Union, there has been much speculation about the possible effects of … Continue reading
Posted by: July 29, 2014
Tagged with: Brexit, British Exit, David Cameron, Euroscepticism
Jun 24 2014
The Lost Art of Diplomacy: David Cameron to Europe’s Rescue?
4 CommentsBy Max Hänska The British leadership has engaged in much posturing over Jean-Claude Juncker, the Spitzenkandidat of the EPP, and favoured candidate for European Commission President, ostensibly out of concern for Europe’s future, which, it claims, would be better served by a fresh face. … Continue reading
Posted by: June 24, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, European Commission, European Elections 2014, Euroscepticism, Jean-Claude Juncker, populism, President of the European Commission
May 28 2014
Disengagement, Division and the ‘Peasants’ Revolt’
2 CommentsBy Marley Morris “A kind of peasants’ revolt”. So said Boris Johnson of the European election results on Monday in a – typically English – evaluation of the events. Yet the picture is much more nuanced – and varied – than he makes out. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 28, 2014
Tagged with: European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, populism