A repulsive party

Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya/Republican Left of Catalonia are changing their name to Esquerra/Left. It’ll be interesting to see how this goes down on Mallorca, where esquerrà also means repulsive, difficult, unpleasant (Alcover/Moll).

Moment suprême of last night’s mini-botellón

After struggling for 10 minutes, a well-dressed young man manages to set fire to a container just off Carmen, steps back, takes out what looks like an expensive video camera in order to film his work, and is immediately robbed by two Moroccan lads. Try explaining that to Mummy and Daddy. Other faves: Several hoodies…