"european union" blog posts

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene Leviathan

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene

The hottest year on record was 2016. It was also the year scientists advised that Earth’s citizens were now living in the Anthropocene, the name proposed for an epoch in which humans influence geology and environment on a global scale.

Posted on: 17 February 2017

Britain does not break Treaties dixit Maggie ThatcherUnion flag

Britain does not break Treaties dixit Maggie Thatcher

If you, like me, are feeling bereft by the potentially imminent loss of your European Citizenship, then you might agree in finding the jokey vocabulary, which creates portmanteaus of ‘British’ and ‘exit’ and ‘British’ and ‘remain’ and ‘British’ and ‘moan’, simply irritating.

Posted on: 10 February 2017