We need, like my daughter, to start rebelling against the monodimensional models of identity we are asked to conform to.
Custom has divided humanity, but it is the magic of humanity which can unite it again.
Parliament has to undertake the work involved, especially if the matter is extremely complicated.
Global capitalism is more out of control than ever before.
Negotiating with the EU may well prove much less challenging than negotiating with ourselves.
Reasons frequently given for opposing the outcome of the British referendum have not all been so reasonable.
We have reached a turning point with an uncertain outcome, in which the British and European dimensions are two sides of the same coin.
A Labour split would be disastrous. But the party can avoid this if it learns from the republicanism of Machiavelli.
The past 13 years have seen successive calls for former UK premier Tony Blair to be prosecuted for his part in the Iraq war. Has the Chilcot Report strengthened the potential legal case against him?
To make a real difference, Britain's Labour Party should be bold and think big.
Jeremy Corbyn has been variously described in the British press as unelectable, comic and highly dangerous. How should a healthy democracy respond to politicians pursuing a different kind of democracy?
“Against all the odds, a European identity is emerging, even in Britain.”
