The better of two evils

Socialists won the election in Spain, the conservative PP increased votes and Catalan nationalists, the CiU, gained 10 members of parliament and a big influence in Spanish politics once again.

One would say the necessity of some agreements to form the Government shall bring moderation and stability to Spain. Well ‘one’ would be wrong. I bet since Popular Party increased their results in almost half a million votes, they are going to be as radical as always with their policies, looking for citizen confrontation which helps nobody but them.

On the other hand Socialists, with just simple majority, are going to believe that they have been given a green card to do all the silly things they proposed. Welcome to the fall of the Spanish empire, it’s been always so easy to spend someone else’s money, something which they are really good at, that I just hope some other party may stop them. However I am afraid the only ones who could do it, the conservative Catalan party CiU, is just going to work to return their arse into the Catalan Government, no matter what it takes.

Let’s hope one day politicians understand that the value of a Government is not in the length of terms, but in the use they make of them; a politician may lead long yet very little. So I encourage them from here to be honest with themselves to build a better country for us all.

Image from La Vanguardia.

The blood in Spain falls mainly down the drain

Terrorism in Spain is a significant concern but the country's citizens should not let that issue, alone, influence their vote. The two main parties - the socialist PSOE and the conservative PP - have proved themselves incapable to find a solution for it.

They should be extremely ashamed about the bad way they have always dealt with terrorism. Spanish media has reported the joint briefing the two parties came up with to condemn the violence.

However if you read the fine print, you realize that even condemning violence together takes them a huge effort. So in my opinion if losing more voters is more important than losing more people they should get no votes at all.