The lurch to the right has become more pronounced in almost every country. In France a recent opinion poll put Madame le Pen neck and neck with Macron.

None of this looks as if it will end well unless folk actually take some responsibility for their actions; and also, in this time of extreme job turmoil not seen since the days of the introduction of the spinning jenny, we need a proper safety net and/or good retraining resources on top of needing greater skilled and unskilled immigration.

But once any culture veers towards the enthno-nationalist end of the spectrum, and that starts getting political traction, you know problems are just around the corner.

And it's on our watch, dammit. Doing the right thing takes courage sometimes.