Sunday, February 21, 2016

The march of the right-wing

What happens if Trump, Le Pen and Putin are presidents all at the same time?

And Pegida grows in popularity in Germany, the Poles and Hungarians stay with their right-wing governments, and nationalism becomes the 'style'?

Isis keeps marching to its music and fundamentalist ministers of religion have their way within the Christian churches?

Observing the mix of arrogance and smugness from Brexit supporters Farage and Gove certainly adds to the mood of depression and hopelessness.

Maybe all along the recent advent of right-wing thinking in the Catholic Church has been a precursor of what's happening now in the world of poltics? 

Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin, featuring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, is showing at this week's Berlinale. A great book but the film, according to the reviewers, does not live up to the quality of the book.

God help us from the right-wing.

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