Why the Dutch are revolting

Why the Dutch are revolting

Along the motorways of the Netherlands, Dutch flags are once again flying the right way up. But in the political world, where these flags have become a symbol of anti-establishment protest, elections last week turned things upside down. As the head of one left wing party put it in her post-election speech, the Dutch have given a “big, fat middle finger” to the establishment by voting in a protest group, the Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB) as the l…