politics – Page 4 – don't confuse the narrator

happy families

A paragraph from from Cantueso’s Shoptalk blog amused me. In the interests of political objectivity, I’ll point out that he starts the post by stating “En mi pueblo el alcalde es del PP”, whereas in my pueblo, the mayor is from the PSOE. It really doesn’t matter either way:

Como el alcalde tiene mucho trabajo, lo comparte con sus suegros, primos, primas, sobrinos, yernos, nueras, y con los familiares y amigos de éstos. Por eso el ayuntamiento es como una gran familia donde todos se quieren […]

which roughly translates as:
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mod comms

I guess most readers know I’m based in Spain and although I try and keep this blog politically neutral, I suspect some might be wondering why I haven’t commented on the “No les votes” protests, which have been going on since last Sunday.

Or perhaps not.

I’ve had a look at the Guardian website and the news page for Spain seems to be stuck several days ago and make no mention whatsoever of the protests.

I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad. But it’s got me wondering again about the world of modern communications.
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moral education

I am intrigued by the institution in the photo:

I’m not sure if the C.E. is centro educativo or centro de educación, but, either way, it looks like they will try and give students a moral education.
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kings, sages and magicians

Today is January 6th: el día de Reyes, the day when Spanish children finally get their Christmas presents. (Although we were told that Santa took gifts to children all round the world, he doesn’t visit many houses in Spain as he leaves it to the Magi to deliver the parcels – or coal for those who’ve been naughty – on Twelfth Night.)

It would make more sense to me if the kids got their toys at the start of the school holidays so they had something to keep them occupied, but I guess los niños españoles spend their time watching TV and adding more and more items to their wish lists as they see the different juguetes advertised during the half-hour commercial breaks.
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plain speaking

When I wrote the post about the PP’s Rescate game earlier, I visited their web site to see if I could actually see or play the game myself. The page (http://www.ppcatalunya.com/rescate/) loads but there’s no game there. What there is, is a little diagonal strap across the top left hand corner with the slogan hablando claro – speaking clearly: