Brexit and The Death of Public Intellectuals..

Adebayo Adeniran
3 min readApr 12, 2024

Yet another reason for the nation’s descent into failure.

Christopher Hitchens. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Public intellectuals are dead; a relic of a completely bygone era.

Once upon a time, these rare creatures could be relied upon to speak power to politicians and shape the narrative in society.

Even the Conservatives ones were known to hold the government of the day accountable…

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Adebayo Adeniran

A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on as many subjects as possible