tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post2300922937981734292..comments2024-03-13T18:03:14.612+01:00Comments on South Of Watford: Aguirre Calls For Clean, Fair Fight In May ElectionsGraemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-85828485080131913502011-04-08T15:56:19.452+02:002011-04-08T15:56:19.452+02:00Better than Italy, but not by much. The idea being...Better than Italy, but not by much. The idea being sold hard by the Valencian PP and yesterday by Rajoy as well is Berlusconi politics in its purest state. It doesn't matter what you do if you can still get people to vote for you. Of course corruption is not a matter of a single party but no other party does as much to actively legitimise it as the PP. By all means don't vote for the PSOE in Andalucia but the idea that once El Señorito is back in charge of the cortijo things are going to get better is an illusion.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-76182846839828776612011-04-08T11:17:22.057+02:002011-04-08T11:17:22.057+02:00You missed my point - I was aware that El Pais had...You missed my point - I was aware that El Pais had covered the story. My point is that corruption is not a one party story. Also that I am bewildered as to how to use my vote locally. I want to see the back of a 28year PSOE mafia but the only realistic alternative is PP. I am not in tune with most of the national parties policies.<br />Still I guess democracy benefits from changing the guard - I'll hold my nose and vote PP - locally.<br />As PP has "media control" in Madrid so does PSOE in Andalucia - still its better than Italy!<br />Anonymous AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-88960298952864933452011-04-07T16:00:48.170+02:002011-04-07T16:00:48.170+02:00Sounds great in principal. Let's see how long ...Sounds great in principal. Let's see how long it lasts.Tumbithttp://www.tumbit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-67606777706205243262011-04-07T09:46:29.582+02:002011-04-07T09:46:29.582+02:00The station's explanation - such as it is - ca...The station's explanation - such as it is - can be found here: http://bit.ly/gpR290. The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJeIgHORtNcGraemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-92160494609472210252011-04-06T22:54:30.680+02:002011-04-06T22:54:30.680+02:00What I didn't get from the story was precisely...What I didn't get from the story was precisely what the context was in which it appeared, or the station's explanation of how it came to be there.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-74265706801194669512011-04-06T20:24:06.650+02:002011-04-06T20:24:06.650+02:00Yes, I did. You can't imagine the fuss that wo...Yes, I did. You can't imagine the fuss that would be made if somebody in television superimposed ETA's symbol over Mariano Rajoy's face. But it's Telemadrid...so it's differentGraemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-86705825050639048362011-04-06T20:03:28.482+02:002011-04-06T20:03:28.482+02:00Talking of Telemadrid, you saw the ETA/Zapatero th...Talking of Telemadrid, you saw the ETA/Zapatero thing in El País recently?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-71016106866187688482011-04-06T11:19:02.986+02:002011-04-06T11:19:02.986+02:00Bad timing Andrew, the lead article in El Pais tod...Bad timing Andrew, the lead article in El Pais today is the ERE case and the crisis in the Andalucian PSOE. Now the right wing paper that has led with the latest difficulties of Mr Camps is? The martian should read the blog more carefully, I've written about corruption cases involving the PSOE - perhaps its because the martians have their eyes in the wrong place?Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-22898244639761120222011-04-06T11:03:59.539+02:002011-04-06T11:03:59.539+02:00Or El Pais! A martian reading your blog might thin...Or El Pais! A martian reading your blog might think that corruption and self publicity were solely the province of PP - not in Andalucia! I have to vote in local elections next month and have a practical choice between a PSOE candidate who is not just corrupt but has committed electoral fraud and a PP candidate who is a decent person but holds opinions which are far from mine. <br />WAs Lord Alton simply right?<br /><br />By the way I am Andrew, not intentionally anonymous but its not reckonizing my google linl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-60158928795313233272011-04-05T16:35:26.694+02:002011-04-05T16:35:26.694+02:00Don't worry, we can keep it for next year. Sou...Don't worry, we can keep it for next year. Sounds like the sort of thing Telemadrid would cover.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-21228882079885127822011-04-05T16:13:34.240+02:002011-04-05T16:13:34.240+02:00Here. in Andalucia, Manuel Chaves has sacked his c...Here. in Andalucia, Manuel Chaves has sacked his children and promised not to give them early retirement pensions.<br /><br />Whoops I missed the April 1st deadline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-74454029791770455172011-04-04T18:56:49.786+02:002011-04-04T18:56:49.786+02:00Should such a thing happen to Aguirre I don't ...Should such a thing happen to Aguirre I don't think there would be any danger of Telemadrid reporting it. The Galician case is a small sign of what is to come if Rajoy gets into power.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-2547454882859666132011-04-04T16:41:21.405+02:002011-04-04T16:41:21.405+02:00Hi Graham,
on the subject of elections, I wonder ...Hi Graham,<br /><br />on the subject of elections, I wonder if Espe will be photographed at inconvenient locations, as per Rajoy on that Galician drug boat. The editor of Xornal de Galicia, the paper which published the incriminating photo of Mariano on board a vessell belonging to the drug clan Os Caneos, was pressured into resigning.<br /><br />http://rosamariaartal.com/2011/04/03/cesan-al-periodista-que-descubrio-a-rajoy-en-el-barco-de-un-narcotraficante/Roberticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16156151793691858430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-670944543855440132011-04-01T21:26:40.242+02:002011-04-01T21:26:40.242+02:00I just checked the calendar...I just checked the calendar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-3702344339962168832011-04-01T15:50:49.860+02:002011-04-01T15:50:49.860+02:00...And I hear the Martians are invading New Jersey......And I hear the Martians are invading New Jersey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com