Trillo and secession

Re his Spain-is-different, anti-independence letter to the FT, some wonderful people believe (h/t Tom) that our happily married ambassador in London also has considerable personal experience of life outside the union. (Is Julia de Micheo Carrillo de Albornoz one person or two? What are her parents’ surnames? Did she get on well with her classmates in her birthplace, Newcastle?)

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Last updated 08/11/2012

This post pre-dates my organ-grinding days, and may be imported from elsewhere.

Catalonia (1155):

Federico Trillo (1): Federico Trillo-Figueroa Martínez-Conde is a former Spanish Politician of the People's Party, who has served as President of the Congress of Deputies, Minister of Defense and Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom. His father, also named Federico Trillo, was a politician during the reign of caudillo Francisco Franco.

Kaleboel (4307):

People's Party (Spain) (28): The People's Party; known mostly by its acronym, PP [peˈpe]) is a conservative, liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain.

Political corruption (3): Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

Spain (1881):


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