As Karl Marx once observed, history repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce, the third as Marjolein Faber's asylum policy. The cabinet is on the brink of collapse for the umpteenth time as Geert Wilders blames NSC for his favourite minister's failure to cut any ice with the Council of State. Gelderland province also hits a legal wall in its efforts to fire paintball pellets at wolves. The United Nations special rapporteur on Gaza is cancelled by self-proclaimed advocates of free speech for saying the wrong things about Israel. A new scheme allowing descendants of slavery to let go of their colonial family names without consulting a psychologist. And Feyenoord overcome the loss of their manager and their top goalscorer to notch up another famous win the Champions League.
