Catalan
independence: A couple of quotes:-
- “Madrid is going to block their vote and it may lead to Ghandi-style civic resistance that could bring Catalan cities to a standstill.”
- “I see no way out. Nothing is going to stop the Catalan movement. We’re heading for a train wreck.”
There
are some here in Galicia - i. e. the nationalists who call it Galiza
- who are very disappointed the Scottish vote went the way it did.
For they were hoping to take Scotland's place in the the UK. This was
presumably seen as less than independence but better than being part
of Spain. Anyway, here's their (amusing) petition to David Cameron.
The
EU:
Is Brussels' relief at the Scottish vote misplaced?: A couple of
quotes:-
- "Alex Salmond may not have won the day but he has reshuffled the European pack in ways nobody could have imagined."
- "Europe will never be the same after Scotland's vote. Nor will British euroscepticism." More here.
Rules:
Down in Pontevedra's Parking Central, there's a sign telling
you not to park in the yellow zones. Just in case you can't read (I
guess), there's a metal barrier on each such zone. See here:-
The
outgoing Archbishop of Madrid - a notorious right winger, most
recently famous for calling women who have sex outside marriage
'whores' - has told his successor that he wants to stay in the
archiepiscopal palace - on the best floor - and that he wants to
retain his car, his chauffeur, a secretary and the 2 nuns who look
after him. I can think of nothing better calculated to drive
austerity-afflicted Spaniards from the pews. Those few that remain.
Bits
of Spanish:
1.
Yerro, yerras. etc.: Present tense of Errar - To err.
2.
Pavo royal:
Royal turkey. Peacock. Not Prince Charles.
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