Tag: Opinion Editorial
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Erasing Berkeley’s name would do nothing to combat racial prejudice in Ireland
Nigel Biggar: In celebrating people, we admire them only for some things they’ve done ‘Ireland’s famous 18th century philosopher, George Berkeley, was guilty of racial prejudice and slave – owning. He once described the Irish poor as “a lazy destitute race” and he bought a slave plantation on Rhode Island. Since the Irish today deplore both racism and slavery, shouldn’t…
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Brexit and imperial ambition
In the wake of comments made by Sir Vince Cable, the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nigel Biggar argues in an op-ed forThe Times that the Brexit Vote was prompted by concern at the European Union’s imperial ambitions more than it was by nostalgia for Britain’s imperial past. A copy of the article is available to…