El
País today had 8 pages of reportage
on the passing of the president of Santander Bank. Plus the lead item
on the front age. And an editorial. Finally, a dedicated opinion
column. Appropriately, he was referred to as the 'emperor' of Spanish
banking. But why not 'Caudillo? At times like this one wonders how
long it will take Spain to move away from worship of the Big Man. Or
el
cacique.
Meanwhile, his eldest child has inherited the fiefdom which is
Santander Bank, masquerading as a public, listed company. But I don't
suppose there'll be a shareholder revolt. Even though the chances of
her getting the job in a meritocratic recruitment process would
probably not be all that high. Perhaps they're confident all the
other not-so-big men to keep her in her place.
I
saw the Tour de España
pass me twice today. Or, to be honest, just the once - as I blinked
the second time. But, anyway, it was good to see that my shout of
encouragement to Chris Froome was effective, as he stormed up to
second place in the rankings. Here is is. Somewhere.
Independence?
1: Scotland: Former Nato chief Lord
Robertson warns
that the residual UK would be distracted for years by a messy divorce.
"The world" he says "has not yet caught up with the
full and dramatic implications of what is going on." Has anyone?
Independence?
2:
Cataluña: The region/country's President has said that "If
the Catalan population wants to vote on its future, it's practically
impossible to stop that forever." He's probably right.
Though Spain's President forcefully disagrees. At the moment.
Alternative
names for the (possible) new United Kingdom:
Smaller
UK - SUK
Residual
UK - RUK
Truncated
UK - TUK
Failed
UK - FUK
My
thanks to all contributors.
Finally
. . . My younger daughter today saw a pigeon struck by a kestrel or
(more likely) a sparrow-hawk in her garden. Instead of hitting the badly damaged
bird on the head, she took it to a vet. I despair of today's youth. A pigeon, for God's sake!
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