Don’t vote remain for us Europeans – do it for yourselves
Contra spem, as the ancient Romans used to say: meaning “to hope against hope”, to dare to dream. I am reminded of this exhortation when thinking of Britain’s EU referendum, a vote which offers a clear choice either to stay in, as we hope is the outcome, or to leave Europe.
In my mind’s eye, like all of you, I can see the smiling face of the MP Jo Cox, her life given over to great causes, the photograph with her little son peering at the sunlight through a glade of trees; her senseless death. I can see also the strength and dignity of a democracy that can be divided – bitterly so – on everything, but which nevertheless can stand united and strong when faced with hatred, with the unthinkable, with the absurd.… Seguir leyendo »