From Colin Davies, who I suppose might be prepared to fix Turismo de Pontevedra‘s problems on an ongoing basis in return for free tapas and the occasional lift home in the mayoral limo. The Galician, on the other hand, looks fine – no tourist added-value there, but still plenty of votes, even in a recession.
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As is often the case, the English-language icon is half-British, half-American. If you are one of those, do you mind having your flag cut in half? If you carry the passport of one of the 80-odd other countries that have English as their national or official language (including Uganda, where they’re debating this week whether to execute homosexuals), do you feel distressed that not one pixel of the icon has been dedicated to your banner? Does this dispose you to take a round-about route to avoid the strategic location that is Pontevedra? Probably not, but the whole { flag = language } navigation business continues to puzzle me.
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