…we go. Today, 2nd May, 2016, the decree ordering the dissolution of the Cortes Generales, the Spanish Parliament, was ratified by King Felipe VI, with the endorsement of the President of the Congress of Deputies. The Spanish Constitution states“if … Continue reading
Still not entirely sure. To recap – on 22nd January 2016 King Felipe VI proposed that Mariano Rajoy, leader of the PP, the party which garnered most votes in December’s General Election, should form a government. Rajoy turned him down. … Continue reading
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The words of a Spanish chat show hoaxer to Mariano Rajoy, lately Prime Minister of Spain. The hoaxer was impersonating Carles Puigdemont, the new secessionist leader of the Catalan separatists, who had pointedly omitted the vows of loyalty to Spain … Continue reading
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As a new calendar year approaches it’s a time to take a look at the year ahead. The Story Bazaar has plans to publish more books in 2016. In Spring, the long-in-gestation ‘Reconquista‘ will appear ( it will, really it will ). … Continue reading
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Modern democracy is at work in Europe, with major, potentially disastrous, consequences. In Britain the deadline for voting registration in the EU referendum was last midnight, when the registration site crashed under the weight of last-minute registrations. There are already … Continue reading →
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