Saying No to Geert


Centre of attraction: Wilders speaking to reporters during his recent visit to Spijkenisse, a suburd in Rotterdam. — Reuters

A former Dutch deputy prime minister is now a professor in Malaysia, and he tells us why the rhetoric of Holland’s Wilders is so dangerous.

THE most famous peroxide blonde in Holland is in the news again. Unlike many of his anti-immigration flag-bearing counterparts in global politics however, Geert Wilders hasn’t recently materialised. In fact he’s been a nuisance for at least a dozen years or so.

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Opinion , martin vengadesan

   

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