Brexit | Paul Evans

A two-part post on how the UK could get out of the mess caused by the Brexit referendum

Paul Evans — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:47:23 +0000

This is a two-parter on Slugger O’Toole.

Part one – the poor design of Article 50 damages both the EU and the UK. Fixing it could be a common cause that we could focus on immediately.

Part two – – now would be a good time to apply the brakes and deliberate.

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Save Democracy – Abolish Voting – on The Remainiacs podcast

Paul Evans — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:31:06 +0000

Here, I’m interviewed by Ros Taylor and Dorian Lynksley with a few interjections from Ian Dunt (segment starting 42 mins and 45 seconds in).

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Another referendum will never work, they’re an unfit tool for democracy.

Paul Evans — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:14:08 +0000

My latest, in The Independent today.

https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/942701312919195648

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Attempting to ‘restore faith in politics’ often damages democracy

Paul Evans — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:30:58 +0000

I published this on Medium earlier today.

https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/750831965289508864

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Running an unleaded car on diesel

Paul Evans — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 22:29:00 +0000

Very grim times for The Labour Party. Is this the endgame?

https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/749361205521809408

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I’m anti-Brexit but I’m more frightened of living in a country that uses referendums

Paul Evans — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:58:25 +0000

Here’s my latest, over on Medium.

https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/744104032780845056

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British democracy would be weaker outside the EU

Paul Evans — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:07:01 +0000

The fact that we are using a referendum to decide this in the first place tells you all you need to know about how important ‘democracy’ is to the people who are asking us to decide the UK’s future in Europe.

I’ve written a piece for Left Foot Forward saying more-or-less this in more detail. You can read it here

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