By Brett Hogan, Senior Fellow, and John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs.
This week’s referendum on whether the UK remains with, or leaves, the EU is primarily about democracy and the right of a sovereign people to live under their own laws.
A vote to leave would be a positive outcome for the UK, but would also send an important message to the EU that it is headed in the wrong direction, its people are unhappy, and urgent institutional reform is required.
Democracy is, at its heart, the process by which personal freedom of expression finds its voice. A nation’s …read more