A Scintilla...

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Such is the febrile nature of European politics in particular and world politics in general these days, that Jane saying she never thought she would ever be even remotely glad to see a conservative political party elected to office, came as no surprise this morning.That she was prepared to make an exception in the case of the German election results just shows you exactly how bad things have got in world politics. I have to say they represent a welcome but very tiny mote of sunlight in an otherwise forbidding, sepulchral political firmament: however, the fact that the AfD came in second having bettered their previous vote by some considerable margin is still cause for concern and should warn against any complacency on behalf of the upcoming governing coalition, not to mention the rest of Europe and the UK - can't speak for the US, they've got their own mountain to climb - over the coming months and years.


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