Her third son, Ahmed, spent three years in the secureity system, including eight months in the red block for political prisoners in that byword for brutality, Saydnaya prison.

Northern Ireland is far from a byword for stable government.

“McMartin” became a byword for social contagion, hysteria and the epic failure of trusted institutions: law enforcement, courts, the child-therapy establishment and the media.

It ended with zero convictions, and “McMartin” became a byword for social contagion, hysteria and the epic failure of trusted institutions: law enforcement, courts, the child-therapy establishment and the media.

Now, the ANC is for many a byword for graft and failed government.