Toni
is now suffering his own version of Brexigret, as the horrible realization of
the action of the so-called ‘socialist’ (sic.) party of PSOE has, by
abstaining, facilitated another four years of the systemically corrupt PP
(Conservative) party in Spain.
Neither Toni nor I believe (for a
single, solitary second) that either the Cs or PSOE are going to ‘hold PP to
account’ because of their own selfish self-interest. PP may be a minority government, but they can
always threaten another General Election which would almost certainly see a
reduction in the seats of both Cs and also PSOE. And since neither Cs nor PSOE have been noted
for their dedication to anything other than the continued existence of their
respective parties and their illusions of power, it is hardly likely after
their prostitution to PP that they will suddenly find a new belief that they
might actually have been elected to consider the wellbeing of the country
rather than their worthless selves.
Cs – the sluts of Spanish politics –
have shown themselves equally ready to accept the attentions of the
‘socialists’ in the form of PSOE and to vote with the repressive conservatives
of PP. As long as they have a whiff of
power Cs will be rubbing themselves around you!
They have mouthed their support for greater transparency and dealing
with corruption; it will be interesting to see how far they press their
‘tricks’ in PP to follow their stated policy which apparently makes them a
viable and more wholesome alternative to the
PSOE have wound themselves in
logistical circles to justify their support for a government to which they had
previously said, “No is NO!” If another
member of that traitorous party uses some unconvincing variant on the, “it is
for the benefit of the Spanish people” mantra one more time, I really will
throw up.
PSOE is also terrified of another
election, when the “benefit of the Spanish people” might actually result in
even more of those so-called ‘socialists’ being turfed out. So PP can do whatever the hell they like because
all they have to do is threaten another election and the Cs and PSOE will
scuttle into line.
I
have taken my depression with the political situations in Spain and the UK to
justify my drinking a bottle of Cava with my meal: a brut nature by Heretat El Padruell. As any
fule kno, Cava is a product of Catalonia, a region of Spain that I
confidently expect to see much further down the road to independence as the
prospect of four more years of the odious PP in charge sinks in and the reality
of an astonishingly corrupt central government calling the odds hits home!
The
sun has been shining. I have swum my
metric mile. The Cava has gone down a
treat. Tomorrow is another day.
