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The show of shows

You don’t get a political night bigger than this. It’s not just an Americn election, it’s not just the American election that will end the disastrous Bush presidency, it’s the American election that will end the disastrous Bush presidency and be starting (fingers crossed) the Obama presidency, a black man with a completely un-American approach [...]

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The big picture: the economy

Two days ago the Spanish finance minister, Pedro Solbes, wrote an article for the FT in which he explained the situation of the Spanish economy and the way the government plans to face the current crisis.
This article should be a must read for Alistair Darling and his entire department.
When an economic crisis hits home there [...]

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As promised yesterday I would like to throw out there a couple of ideas for a new political message for Labour. Now that Brown is finally taking some time out (and hopefully getting some good sleep to clear his head) I hope No. 10 staffers are working hard on the new message and calendar to [...]

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Reading the Murcia local daily yesterday on the pool side away from the mundane noise come news of the death of Olive Riley, the world’s oldest blogger.
Olive Riley, died 108 years old in New South Wales, Australia. Her blog became an international hit after it was launched in February 2007. Her blog doesn’t seem to [...]

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The so-called Maroni census, named after Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, is the latest and gravest attempt in Europe to haunt inmigrants and violate their human rights.
The Maroni census created by the Berlusconi government aims at recording the identities of all Gypsies in Italy, but not just their identity also their ethnicity and religion. The [...]

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Today’s Spanish daily Publico has an article on the compatibility between the Zapatero government and its electorate in terms of political positioning.
Zapatero hasn’t been doing too well lately due to the economic crisis. But when those that voted for him in the May 9 general election were asked how close where they to Zapatero’s political [...]

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The Spanish Conservative Party (PP) today started its party convention in Valencia.
After his crashing defeat in the May 9 general election Rajoy has been openly criticised by several high-profile party leaders within PP. The party leaders in Madrid and the Basque Country, Esperanza Aguirre and Maria San Gil, as well as MEPs’ leader Jaime Mayor [...]

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Prime Minister Zapatero met the FT Spanish correspondent to talk about the current economic crisis and European energy and inmigration policies. You can read the interview here.

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PSOE, the Spanish Socialist Party, under the leadership of President Zapatero has announced the creation of a leading European social-democratic think tank based in Madrid.
Jesus Caldera has left the Cabinet, where he served as Minister for Social Affairs, to lead this new project. Caldera was the main policy-wonk behind Zapatero’s candidacy to the leadership of [...]

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