One
thing the president did do was to stress his conviction -
before the evidence has been examined in court - that Princess
Cristina is innocent of the offences attributed to her. Can there,
one wonders, be any substance behind this confidence? A knowledge,
perhaps, of what will happen whatever the investigating judge finds
and concludes.
A
week or so ago, a Spanish reader amicably questioned my point that
there was a lot of gore in the Spanish media. But now (s)he has nobly
retracted this point and provided evidence in the form of El País's fotos of emaciated bodies showing signs of torture by the
Syrian regime. In contrast, I saw only one tame foto (of just a neck)
in the British press. And then yesterday came El País´s
fotos of two corpses after a car bomb explosion in Syria, with blood
streaming from both of them. I rest my case.
Finally
. . . You may or may not have heard of accusations of sexual
harassment by a leading Lib Dem politician in the UK, Lord Rennard.
Having read an article in the Times about this earlier today,
I posted this comment. I cite it only because of it's Spanish
connection:-
I
live in Spain, where both sexes are remarkably tactile by British
standards. Both men and women touch and rub thighs, arms and even
backs during conversations with friends. You can imagine how
confusing this is to an Anglo. But I've learned to attribute nothing
to it and even to indulge in it, without fear of accusations.
Of
course, this is nothing to compare with groping and touching up under
the table or in the lift, etc. These can never be justified - even by
Shirley Williams - unless an intimate relationship has already been
established.
I'm
quite a bit older than Lord Rennard but fail to understand how he
can't seem to understand this. So my suspicion is he does but is
prepared to go to any lengths to avoid the consequences. Why Lord
Carlile is risking his reputation as his defence QC is beyond me. It
certainly can't be the fee he's getting.
What
I didn't say is that I know Lord Carlile, as we studied law together
in London. I've asked a mutual friend - also an eminent QC - why he
thinks this is happening but I've yet to receive his Opinion. Which I
do hope I don't have to pay for!
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