Strong Man – a renewed call
It is frightening - a political call for a strong man. BBC announced Germany has registered 964,574 new asylum-seekers in the first 11 months of 2012, putting it on course for more than a million in 2015. Documents leaked suggested the government was privately anticipating the arrival of up to 1.5 million by 2021. Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to welcome Syrian refugees has won her plaudits in some quarters but sparked a backlash in others, with some senior ministers openly questioning the approach. This comes at the very time when Australia's former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in 20...