What is wrong with politics in Spain?

[Guanche]

Anyone have any ideas what might happen if the Rajoy does resign and calls a snap general election?

[Perikles]

Anyone have any ideas what might happen if the Rajoy does resign and calls a snap general election?

Er - how can he do both? 

[Guanche]

Calls a general election and then resigns?

[Janet]

From what I can understand from this video, Spain is a country of gangsters, if not now, certainly will be when Eurovegas gets going.

Iñaki Gabilondo, brilliant and well respected TV and radio journalist - a pillar of the cultural establishment. Just the sort of person who would never be a politician in Spain, but just the person who should have been.

just posted THIS thread ...

oh the opportunities. For something .... 

[Janet]

... just seen a tweet ... En unos tiempos en los que no dimite ni Dios en España, va y dimite el Papa.

[El Profesor]

The Council of the Socialist International, meeting in Cascais, Portugal.
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OH  my  god!  Who is responsible for letting her in?

[Janet]

sounds quite reasonable to me ..... 

[El Profesor]

sounds quite reasonable to me ..... 

Me too ..... I was just imagining the reaction.

[Janet]

ah, irony detectors optional extra .....

[Janet]

Spanish apathy turns to anger at corruption 'epidemic' .....

Such an epidemic of corruption is now coming to light in Spain that it seems to me the national shrug of apathy is finally falling out of fashion.

Taking its place is a look of abject disgust and the spat-out words "que verguenza". This means, "the shame of it".

For the last few months the corruption scandals have been so numerous that the television news began lumping them together in a swift round-up, rather than reporting on each one. They had to leave room for other news items - like the effects of austerity cuts and rocketing unemployment.

...The other day a TV news crew was on the street asking people what should be done.

One middle-aged, mild-looking woman, replied "you know the French Revolution, where they cut off their heads? Well something like that might do the trick".