Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, at School of Advanced Study, University of London: Also wine, senses. Political views my own.
Oct 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Consummate phrase maker, Lord Peter Hennessy sums it up: “The long experience of Brexit so coarsened our politics that we learned to shout at each other as the preferred mode of exchange. We used to be subtle, quite funny, self-ironic and forebearing to each other 1/
But now for so many people the first line is enraged and resentful…The tooth and claw battle we’re seeing right now is deeply unedifying and I sometimes wonder if we’ll recover from it. We need a viable centre right party as much as we need a viable centre left party” 2/
Jan 4, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
When out drinking with friend @giles_fraser we decided to have a serious, civilized conversation about Brexit and identify the roots of our different opinions. He is pro-Brexit and I am anti-Brexit. We managed it and here’s what we concluded
There was some ground-clearing first. Both agree not all nationalism is bad. Scottish Nationalism is inclusive, welcoming, open. GF thinks England needs a similarly positive nationalism. Both agree there’s a problem with English nationalism at present.
