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Vox: A new political party born to cut waste and regional governments

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A new national political party has been formed in Spain called Vox. The central point of its manifesto is the suppression of the regional governments of Spain, which the party considers duplicates powers and costs. “We defend a centralised Spain, which respects and admires its regional differences, but which is a modern, efficient and functioning state” said founder Santiago Abascal. “One Parliament, One Government and One Supreme Court” is the catchphrase. One of the main Continue reading Vox: A new political party born to cut waste and regional governments→

Public officials declare their assets online

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What a lovely website. https://ws037.juntadeandalucia.es/riibp/publica/buscaracp.do It shows you the publicly declared assets of “high-ups” in the public administration, as they are required to do by law. So, for example, we can see that our old friend Luis “bulldozer” Caparros, of Prior fame, owns three rather crummy and cheap houses and a bit of land. DATOS PERSONALES Y PROFESIONALES DEL DECLARANTE PRIMER APELLIDO: CAPARRÓS SEGUNDO APELLIDO: MIRÓN NOMBRE: LUIS DENOMINACIÓN CARGO: DELEGADO PROVINCIAL EN ALMERÍA CONSEJERÍA: Continue reading Public officials declare their assets online→

Cayo Lara is new leader of the I.U. party

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Cayo Lara has been voted into the position of the new leader of the United Left party (Izquierda Unida). The I.U. is the slightly ineffectual left wing coalition party that encompasses such parties as The Green Party, The Spanish Communist Party and other bearded nutters. It doesn’t have a huge amount of support from the unions, as they prefer the moderate progressive backhanders of the PSOE and view reformers with some suspicion. Far too radical Continue reading Cayo Lara is new leader of the I.U. party→