2026-05-21
Actually, let's be honest, I have no grounds for entitling this article thus, except that it seems in keeping with the hysterical fits of the vapours that are reportedly emanating from the politicians that have become so used to being "in charge" in Germany that they quite fail to comprehend that the purpose of elections is actually to throw out the old and bring in the new, as the electorate may determine.
Sadly for them their electors seem just possibly to be on course to do exactly that, although as with all elections it's never a foregone conclusion, and indeed may depend more on who's counting the votes than how everyone is actually voting.
But if America can have elections stolen, so can Europe.
Its reassuring to note that it's not only the UK that is suffering from a collapse in confidence in the nations' democratic institutions, combined with the failure of the incumbent political parties to react appropriately. One suspects that it's most of Europe, and it will be instructive to observe how the different nations react. Things could get very bumpy ...
