Spain, invisible; leaders, dumb
Normal furrow resumed.
Tag: josé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Berlusconi and the wiseness of Mubarak
“The wisest of men” line isn’t the former’s, but ben trovato it certainly is.
Coals to Newcastle, or the great Spanish electricity export swindle
If Spain is selling electricity to France, how come Spanish consumer prices are 50% higher than north of the border?
Zapatero to undertake pilgrimage to Our Lady of Jugglers?
Only God can save him now.
Nick Clegg’s Spanish
Includes several therapeutic tongue-twisters.
Gil y pollas, pollos, racho, Gil, etc
The etymology of “gilipollas” as a mere excuse to quote a gross 16th century shepherd and link to some video fragments of Jesús Gil y Gil.
Politics, the art of confusion
A borrowed verdict on the current public utterances of Spanish officials, and a suggestion that the Catalan national question may be about to be resolved in the same way it was in 1918-23.
Otra Liga es posible
An Iberian proposal would slash wage costs, free up time and talent for cashflow-friendly shagshow opportunities, and assimilate football to mainstream Peninsular cultural practice.
Bloody Galicians
But what was Rosa Díez actually trying to say before she so expertly inserted foot into mouth?
Binding referendum on the future of Catalonia, hosted by Kalebeul
In response to confusion in the markets re Spain’s constitutional arrangements and the size and distribution of its public debt, kaleBirthday has, remarkably, gained the consent of the Catalan, Spanish and EU administrations to conduct a binding poll on the future of the troubled region. Vote now or forever hold your peace.