Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
Christopher Howse: A Pilgrim in Spain
Spain- "Spanish habits" . . . Making a re-appearance.
- Unbelievable? Well, not really.
- Something more serious - Matthew Bennett's explanation of why empty(ing) villages are such a hot topic.
- Richard North today: All the indications are that [Mrs May's cross-party] initiative is foundering and, by Wednesday, it will be in the ground dead and buried. That effectively robs her of her last claim to have anything approaching the 'coherent strategy' demanded by the EU. In which case, a group of members, led by France, are likely to insist on an immediate hard Brexit. Unless Germany stops this.
- There's a lot of media talk of all the British MPs being stressed and exhausted. RN, naturally, has little sympathy for them, commenting that: Arguably, it is not the exhaustion, mental or otherwise, that has affected their decision-making capabilities, but their incompetence compounded by ignorance. Who would argue with this?
- Something that is all too frequently overlooked . . . Brexit is not, at root, about economics at all. It is about sovereignty and national identity. At least for some of us.
The EU
- The EU Empire is on the verge of victory, as Britain makes itself irrelevant: Says Charles Moore.
- Here's a treat for this who remember the Carry On films of years ago. Brilliant.
- Not so funny, perhaps: In the fury of the Brexit battle, the constitutional settlement that has dominated our political system for the last hundred years is being pulled apart at the seams.
- The vote for Brexit marked the first moment in British political history when a majority of people outside of Parliament formally asked for something that a majority of MPs did not support. For this very reason, it was always destined to bring us to a political and even constitutional crisis. Shame, then, that no one saw it coming. Like the 2008 'inevitable' financial crisis.
- Word of the Day: Cielo.
English
- Odd Old Word: Stues: "Those places were permitted in England to women of professed incontinency, for the proffer of their bodies to all comers." Derived from the French estuves, baths.
- One way to get round the restrictions in the centre of Madrid:-
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