Showing posts with label Investiture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Investiture. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2016

The Noises Of Debate: Rajoy's Investiture

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In the space of almost eight months I have watched six investiture debates. At the sixth time of asking there was a result, if you can call ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Andalusia's Gambit: Investiture Or Not

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Andalusia. A region apart but a region very much a part. Where would Spain have been without Andalusia? Arguments can rage about the origins...
Monday, September 05, 2016

The Coconuts Of Congress

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Well done, Mariano. Bravo, Pedro. Congratulations, Albert. Hats off, Pablo. The boys done great. Here's to Election Number Three. The Gu...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

An Agreement For Prominence

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It was the Sunday of the last big summer weekend. Everyone should have been at the beach or preparing to head home. Mariano Rajoy and Albert...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

The Winner Is ... Papa Smurf?

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Spanish TV, which manages to justify 24-hour news coverage with greater repetition than even CNN or Sky can inflict (meaning an enormous amo...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

In A Tiz: Royal texts

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Protocol demands that the president (speaker) of Congress has to visit the King personally to inform him of the result of proceedings to sel...
Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Spain's Government: What Now?

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Among the numerous party leaders and spokespeople who had their say in the investiture debate last Friday, there was one who would have been...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

Spanish Parliament For Beginners

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"Bottom ... Doo-Doo ... I'madick ..." These "names" come from one of Rowan Atkinson's master-calling-the-registe...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Spain In A Day: Insults and tedium

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Multi-tasking you could call it, were it not for the fact that the task was singular. Multi-single tasking, if that isn't an oxymoron, w...