tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post4292928432006781824..comments2024-03-13T18:03:14.612+01:00Comments on South Of Watford: Democracy Begins At HomeGraemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-35769167169301002492008-04-28T15:48:00.000+02:002008-04-28T15:48:00.000+02:00Graeme,actually I noticed that as well..... I have...Graeme,<BR/>actually I noticed that as well..... I have an inkling that's because of Solbes', Moratinos', Rubalcaba's and de la Vega's age. Then again, Solbes might not last till the end - on account of poor health (to be replaced by Sebastian). Rubalcaba is known to want to leave. Moratinos might step down after Spain's presidency of the EU. De la vega will stay. Zapatero can't bind his own shoe trings without her.moscowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821010505202964280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-9877453177922617252008-04-28T14:23:00.000+02:002008-04-28T14:23:00.000+02:00Moscow, there was a piece in El País yesterday poi...Moscow, there was a piece in El País yesterday pointing out that Zapatero's cabinet has the oldest average age of any since democracy was restored - even taking into account the youth of two of the new ministers. So perhaps the trend is not always for younger faces.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-89255947808424309792008-04-26T10:00:00.000+02:002008-04-26T10:00:00.000+02:00Graeme,I have a strange unexplainable hunch that ...Graeme,<BR/>I have a strange unexplainable hunch that your intense dislike for Aguirre has something to do with Thatcher. Perhaps, you belong to that generation of Britons who wake up in the middle of the night bathed in cold sweat after a nightmare in which Thatcher appeared to be still in power - or something like that. There are similarities between the two. But at the next election Aguirre will be 62, not 54, and certainly not 43which on past experience is the top limit age for first time round newly elected Spanish PMs: Suarez -even if he was not initially elected -, Gonzalez, Aznar, Zapatero. Well, all except Calvo Sotelo, who was 52 - I believe - but who, actually, doesn't really count. I think Aguirre is more flexible and open than Rajoy. And I see little of Thatcher's bang-through-the-wall obstinacy. More a snake-in-the-grass-behind-the-curtains schemer. A very determined one, though. At the end of the day, I believe, age still matters in Spain. For the next president of Spain from the PP (or in case the PP implodes, whatever party at that stage will contest the election with the PSOE) one should be paying more attention to the younger generations. Soraya for president anyone?moscowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05437037536330744521noreply@blogger.com