After Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand
Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the ‘will of the people’, but the facts tell a very different story.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit is not binaryMeaningful votes mean less and less. Indeed, outcomes of binary ballots can be fake!
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThere's a simple solution to the Irish backstopBut they won't go for it, because it would mean letting the Scots be different
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzleSomething is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system that prevents voters from fully expressing themselves.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘Gilets jaunes’: the meaning of the confrontationAs the ‘gilets jaunes’ movement continues after President Macron’s speech, the French philosopher examines its origins and some of its political implications for all of us.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDigital parties on the rise: a mass politics for the era of platformsThe old party system appears in serious distress, faced with challengers using digital technology as a means to achieve the utopian goal of a more democratic society.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A People’s Vote won’t heal Brexit divisions – we need a People’s DebateA TV debate would solve nothing, and claims about “the will of the people” are vapid. We need to find a way to hold a meaningful debate.
