13 December 2011

By jingo !

A blustery woodland run as gales return to the UK.
One notable feature of the wider troubles in the EU is the resurgence of jingoistic nationalism, as old grievances emerge from the woodwork, both in the media and in popular opinion. And not just in Britain. One of my special correspondents has just returned from the Netherlands and Germany, where the same tendency is also evident. This return to a 19th century politic of strutting and blaming, combined with the growing pockets of right-wing extremism in many European countries (ref), is a worrying and toxic combination. 

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