Well, Princess Cristina duly went to court
yesterday, to answer questions about the business owned by her and
her husband which is implicated in corrupt practices. To no one's
great surprise, she said she loved her husband so much she did
everything he asked her to, without question. Other than that, she
was 'evasive', according to one of the interested parties who was
allowed to attend. It's all a complete waste of time, of course, as
the Princess is indisputably cannot be guilty. We know this because
the President has told us she is innocent. Not just 'deserving of the
presumption of innocence' but certainly innocent. Perhaps he knows
something that we don't know. After all, the State Prosecutor has
striven manfully to stop the Princess getting this far, on the basis
that he feels she has no case to answer. Funny business. But riveting
for the masses.
Talking about wrongdoing and its consequences . . . The British Minister for Immigration has resigned after it was discovered his Rumanian cleaner had, he said, produced false documents which hid the fact she was an illegal immigrant. Most Spaniards will never understand resignation for such a trivial matter - you have to be an serial rapist to resign here - but I have to admit there's something odd about this. If he innocently accepted forged documents, why is he guilty of anything? Unless merely embarrassing a Prime Minister is a hanging offence in the UK now. Spaniards would certainly understand that a little better, as no one strays from the party line here. With the possible exception of PP plans to take the abortion law back 30 years.
I've seen numerous reports on the flooding in the UK and discussions on TV this morning. What is astonishing is that almost no one mentions that the reduced river dredging which has caused the floods (along with the rain) has happened because of an EU directive dating back to around 2000. This favours wildlife over human life on (potential) flood plains, on ecology grounds. Click here for more info on this. Incidentally, the floods are featured on the News here in Spain. I find it hard to imagine Spanish floods being shown on UK News programs.
They don't make lines like this any more, from the Jerome Kern 1936 number, A Fine Romance, with (tremendous) lyrics by Dorothy Fields:-
We two should be like clams in a dish of chowder
But we just fizz like parts of seidlitz powder
Finally . . . What did we call philistines before the Philistines came along?
February: 9 days. On which it has rained: 9 - 100%
Talking about wrongdoing and its consequences . . . The British Minister for Immigration has resigned after it was discovered his Rumanian cleaner had, he said, produced false documents which hid the fact she was an illegal immigrant. Most Spaniards will never understand resignation for such a trivial matter - you have to be an serial rapist to resign here - but I have to admit there's something odd about this. If he innocently accepted forged documents, why is he guilty of anything? Unless merely embarrassing a Prime Minister is a hanging offence in the UK now. Spaniards would certainly understand that a little better, as no one strays from the party line here. With the possible exception of PP plans to take the abortion law back 30 years.
I've seen numerous reports on the flooding in the UK and discussions on TV this morning. What is astonishing is that almost no one mentions that the reduced river dredging which has caused the floods (along with the rain) has happened because of an EU directive dating back to around 2000. This favours wildlife over human life on (potential) flood plains, on ecology grounds. Click here for more info on this. Incidentally, the floods are featured on the News here in Spain. I find it hard to imagine Spanish floods being shown on UK News programs.
They don't make lines like this any more, from the Jerome Kern 1936 number, A Fine Romance, with (tremendous) lyrics by Dorothy Fields:-
We two should be like clams in a dish of chowder
But we just fizz like parts of seidlitz powder
Finally . . . What did we call philistines before the Philistines came along?
The Environment
January: 31 days. On which it rained: 28 - 93% (revised down)
February: 9 days. On which it has rained: 9 - 100%
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