Suzanne Harrington: The far-right are targeting the wrong people — like they always do

"This is where we are now, regarding flags. Thanks to campaigns funded by fascist billionaires keen to keep us divided and at odds with each other, so that we direct our grievances down instead of up, flags have become weaponised."

Far right protestors marching down O’Connell Street, Dublin, towards O’Connell Bridge, before being diverted along the north side quays. Photo shows gardai keeping anti immigrant far right led demonstration and a counter protesters apart on O'Connell Bridge, during the march. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

“I like your pin,” says a Duty Free cashier at Gatwick. 

She nods at the small enamel pair of flags on my lapel — Ireland and Palestine, intertwined.