Of all the platitudes trotted out after an Islamist attack, the maddest has to be: ‘Don’t politicise this tragedy.’ The bodies of our fellow citizens are barely cold before we’re being pre-emptively told off for ‘exploiting’ their deaths for ‘political ends’. But it’s already political. When a religious hysteric takes up arms against innocents, that’s

Of all the platitudes trotted out after an Islamist attack, the maddest has to be: ‘Don’t politicise this tragedy.’ The bodies of our fellow citizens are barely cold before we’re…

What is it about tragedy that brings out the worst in some people? After the horrifying attack on Berlin Pride, most politicians have rushed to offer their sympathies to the city…