Although, as Lyn knows, I tend not to go in for conspiracism, I think this article on the interconnected forces behind the election of Trump, Brexit and so on very, very disturbing. ”A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum.” Several interlinked groups are conspiring to hijack world politics, driving it more and more to thee right. I wish I could simply dismiss such stories as paranoid fantasy, but it is becoming increasingly clear that world politics is being manipulated by a few very powerful, very right-wing people. The situation is becoming very scary indeed.