"Nothing to Do With All Your Strength"

It's not inevitable that the undeniable street power of the Irish anti-immigration movement will become political power

There’s a scene in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight where Batman has finally cornered the Joker in an interrogation room, only to discover the latter has his loved ones kidnapped, stashed in a secret location and moments from death. Our hero lashes out at his nemesis, who can barely contain his joy at this ineffectual display. “Look at you!” caws Heath Ledger’s Joker - “nothing to do with all your strength!” What, in other words, does raw power amount to if it can’t be turned towards the ends that are most important to you?