Far Right

My article @KentBylines of 14 November 2022 https://kentbylines.co.uk/child-refugee-it-can-happen-to-you/ If you have read about my own experience as a child refugee, you will understand why a tweet by a girl in a UK detention centre broke my heart. I ask myself how people, especially if they have children of their own…

On this second anniversary of the insurrection of 2021, I submit that the Far-Right hostage-takers in the House are trying to enact an insurrection by other means. In the coming weeks we will hear justifications for their hostage-taking, not just from them, but from friends in high places, such as…

This column was originally published in Dutch on Joop. “Happy white 2023”. That’s how the new year was kicked off in the Netherlands, with racist slogans being projected on the Erasmusbrug. There was even a literal quote from a neo-nazi terrorist among them. Disgusting and unacceptable, but let’s also be…

My whole thing — my raison d’etre — can be summed up in two words… ‘shaping opinion.’ After decades of thrills, challenges and joy, shaping opinion of products, services and company brands, shaping opinion of a political party and its various key players is great fun, but extremely serious as…

Israel’s new far-right government is being welcomed the all the joy of a five-alarm fire by half the population and by many of the country’s traditional friends around the world. Its enemies might well rejoice at what looks like a significant step toward self-immolation. The natural inclination of sober-minded people…