tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post4707335116536480535..comments2024-03-13T18:03:14.612+01:00Comments on South Of Watford: European Elections 2009....Has Anyone Noticed?Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-75105373774034836902009-05-29T19:01:45.773+02:002009-05-29T19:01:45.773+02:00Down Murcia way a minor religious/far right party ...Down Murcia way a minor religious/far right party called AES is trying to make a play for the expat vote, saying they would protect innocent foreigners from predatory property developers who have ripped so many [of us] off; to which one must really say "<I>Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes</I>". The naivete of my fellow-Brits rarely fails to amaze me - when I pointed out, after a little research on the internet, just how noisome these people are (basically neo-fascists), most were really shocked they had been taken in so easily. Most, but not all, because let's face it a small proportion of Brits have pretty noisome views themselves so seem quite receptive to the messages AES seek to peddle.<br /><br />Either of the two main Spanish political parties, according to taste, seems a whole lot safer. And no doubt there are other small political parties in Spain which are at the very least not disgusting in their political aims.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-79552042805336872412009-05-29T10:22:45.080+02:002009-05-29T10:22:45.080+02:00We're starting to get PSOE letters in English down...We're starting to get PSOE letters in English down here!<br /><br />Trying to scare us by saying that "they" are trying to impose a 65 hour working week. Seeing as to how most Brits in this area are retired..Davidhttp://www.davidjackson.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-69438230268082506912009-05-27T19:22:56.069+02:002009-05-27T19:22:56.069+02:00I saw a video a few weeks ago of the Mossos chargi...I saw a video a few weeks ago of the Mossos charging the students in Barcelona. Well over the top, although in defence of the police I have to say that many of these students appeared to be carrying books. We have to assume that in the right circumstances they might even be prepared to use them.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-68717834288921011112009-05-27T14:54:33.761+02:002009-05-27T14:54:33.761+02:00Sorry, I've forgotten to sign my name - see aboveSorry, I've forgotten to sign my name - see aboveJudithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-42107258338783746252009-05-27T14:52:06.929+02:002009-05-27T14:52:06.929+02:00And this is precisely the reason why I cannot but ...And this is precisely the reason why I cannot but hold my nose, forget for a few seconds about People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Joan Saura and his Stalinist wholesale repression of students opposing the McDonaldisation of Catalan universities and cast my vote for RaĆ¼l Romeva. As far as I know, he's the only MEP from Catalonia with a consistent track record of work in Strasbourg. At least he's doing his best to try to stem the drift towards the right of that decrepit institution, with all the attending consequences in terms of ever hardening legislation for those on the receiving end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com