Monday 18 March 2019

Will Hutton on enlightenment values in the UK today

See:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/17/until-brexit-is-a-done-deal-lets-continue-to-resist-our-economy-and-values-at-stake

Let’s continue to resist Brexit. Our economy and values are at stake


The current focus is all about the potential damage to national wealth. But other riches are threatened.

"... Propounding EU membership is thus a civilisational proposition. It does not mean that you regard every aspect of the EU – its unsigned-off accounts or the intricacies of the common agricultural policy – as perfect. But then neither is every aspect of the UK. But it does mean that you sign up for a set of interlocking propositions, shared by other Europeans, which better allow people to live lives they have reason to value...."

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