“To his admirers, Mr. Wilders is a champion of Western values on a continent that has lost confidence in them. To his detractors, he is an anti-Islamic provocateur. Both sides have a point.”

The Wall Street Journal carries a “balanced” appraisal of the Dutch far-right anti-Muslim racist Geert Wilders. The most the WSJ is prepared to concede is that Wilders’ views on Islam are “problematic”.