Solidarity in a perplexing world: A chance to strengthen relationships

It is the nature of our world that sometimes single events can seem, though significant, hardly groundbreaking. If, however, a number of events are seen as strands in an evolving process then they can assume a far greater weight. There has been, over recent days, a chain of events that offer an opportunity to do just that.

Ivanka Trump’s embarrassing over-reach at the G20 summit was one. Though it revealed a lot about the first daughter’s shamelessness and lack of self-awareness it spoke even louder of President Trump’s narcissism and contempt for the diplomatic conventions that underpin the equilibrium of our world.