Stephen PigneyThe People’s Vote: Marching for democracy and against authoritarianismOn Saturday I marched, along with more than a million others (and what seemed to be a few hundred dogs), in support of a people’s vote on…Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
Stephen PigneyThinking like a business, rather than a medieval knight (or an idiotWhen I first went freelance, I mused at length on the freelancing ethic. I pondered the idea of freedom, the notion of independence, and…Mar 27, 2017Mar 27, 2017
Stephen PigneyDemocracy and the ‘will of the people’One of the more disturbing features of the debates surrounding Brexit is the routine way in which many Brexiteers invoke a notion of…Feb 13, 2017Feb 13, 2017
Stephen PigneyResist Brexit!Brexit can and should be resisted, and it can and should be stopped. Those of us who voted Remain in the EU referendum and who regard…Dec 2, 20161Dec 2, 20161
Stephen PigneyAre we really living in a post-truth world?There was no great surprise in the announcement by Oxford Dictionaries that ‘post-truth’ is their 2016 word of the year. Usage of the word…Nov 26, 2016Nov 26, 2016
Stephen PigneyTony Blair and the politics of resistanceIs Tony Blair worth listening to? Are the Liberal Democrats worth voting for? I’m going to risk losing whatever respect and friends I have…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
Stephen PigneyPornography and the new illiberalism: the Digital Economy BillOne of the unfortunate consequences of the political hurricane that is Brexit and Trump is that, drowned out by the noise and the mayhem…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
Stephen PigneyThe charmlessness of Utopia: Channel Four’s Naked AttractionOnce, on a first date, I had an interesting exchange along the following lines: my date mentioned in passing a spreadsheet that she was…Jul 26, 2016Jul 26, 2016
Stephen PigneyIceland beats Poundland: Thoughts on Euro 2016It being Sunday, and progress on my weighty essay on ‘Brexit and history’ moving forwards with all the purpose and clarity of England’s…Jul 3, 2016Jul 3, 2016
Stephen PigneyBrexit may never happenA week ago today I posted on Facebook my ‘considered’ response to the EU referendum result: ‘Britain is fucked’ it read, capturing my…Jul 1, 2016Jul 1, 2016
