Austerity
Philip Cunliffe: Why university staff are right to strike
Marketisation threatens the very purpose of our universities. Read here
Philip Cunliffe
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – Who Shall Rouse Him Up? Brexit: The World Turned Upside Down
On Sunday a leftist German blog wrote to ask if we could explain Brexit. As far as they could see, it was a simply a question of the British trying to gain trade advantages and […]
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – We Already Had Empire 2.0: it’s Called the EU
Claims persist that voters backed leaving the EU out of nostalgia for Britain’s imperial past. In reality it is Remainers who most bemoan Britain’s post-Brexit loss of standing, reflecting the fact that the EU was […]
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – Brexit: Phoney Cosmopolitanism versus Genuine Internationalism
One of the inexplicable elements of the Brexit debate is the development of the Remain movement. Portraying itself as the enlightened 48% of Britain, beyond a few progressive elements, has not laid down any plans […]