The battle for Spain

[Diable Rouge]

PP and C's support a Vox motion in the Madrid regional assembly calling on the national government to ban pro-independence parties.

[Diable Rouge]

The by-now traditional absurdity of Spanish polls having to be published in Andorra:

[Diable Rouge]

A few regional-level polls - in the Basque Country, nationalists could win 11 of the 18 local seats, and potentially shut out the Spanish-based right-wing parties:

https://twitter.com/eitbNoticias/status/1190982068613844993

Meanwhile, in Galicia, the local nationalist party could re-enter the national parliament, its supporters having voted for Podemos until the local affiliate fell out with Iglesias:

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1191000862644228098

[Sporting]

Ah, thanks...didn't investigate properly.

[Diable Rouge]

This poll does contradict others taken just a few days previously.

An average, or poll of polls, rather than conducted by any one company.

[Sporting]

This poll does contradict others taken just a few days previously.

[DCI Harry Batt]

That looks bad.

[Sporting]

The figures for Vox are worrying to say the least.

[Diable Rouge]

The state of polling with one week to go:

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Now fuck em in the sea

[Diable Rouge]

Franco's remains have finally been exhumed.

[Diable Rouge]

Más Madrid confirm the decision, which can only benefit PSOE on the left, and the PP more generally.

[Diable Rouge]

Classic left party bollox so.

And predictably, Podemos appear to be imploding, with the former Madrid affiliates planning to run as a separate party, with other regional groupings in Valencia and Andalusia considering their options.

[Sporting]

Yep

[Lang Spoon]

Classic left party bollox so.

[Sporting]

Neither PSOE nor Podemos have covered themselves in glory, if truth be told.

[Lang Spoon]

PP/Vox/racist 'centrists' coalition so.

[Lang Spoon]

Jesus fuckin Christ

[Diable Rouge]

Sanchez has admitted defeat (or alternatively, refused a coalition with Podemos), and fresh elections will be held on the 10th of November.

[ursus arctos]

The Supreme Court has enjoined the removal of Franco's remains from the Valle de los Caidos, which had been scheduled for Monday. This to allow the family's application for a permanent injunction to proceed.

[Sporting]

The following link could easily be placed in the WTF thread:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...g-power-switch


Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who is expected to become the new Popular party (PP) president of the Madrid region, believes night-time congestion makes the city special and has pledged to reverse a project known as Madrid Central, which has dramatically cut urban pollution.

The PP’s mayor-in-waiting, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, under whose remit the scheme falls, vowed that his first action would be to “address” Madrid Central. “It was one of the pillars of our campaign,” he said. The PP would instead prioritise street cleanliness and conservation, he added

During the election campaign, Ayuso told El Pais: “I do not think [traffic jams] are a reason for enjoyment but it is a sign [of the] identity of our city, that the street is always alive.”

Congestion is “part of the life in Madrid”, she said, adding that the city’s nightlife “goes hand in hand with traffic jams”.

A reversal of the popular Madrid Central system would mark the first time a major European city had turned the clock back on clean air reform. The scheme has attracted the ire of conservatives as a totem of the outgoing Mas Madrid movement and its leftwing leader, Manuela Carmena.


Mind you, with regards to the recent elections, there are still lots of wheeler-dealing to be done, compromises to be made and decisions to be taken all over the country:


https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/31...73_006357.html

[ursus arctos]

Indeed, though the cities are rarely the problem

Light Green is a strange colour to use for Vox. I would have them be black or brown.

[Sporting]

Promising::

https://elpais.com/politica/2019/05/...42_760302.html

[DCI Harry Batt]

https://www.ft.com/content/de3d6896-...d-7c18c0ea0201

Catalan parliament refuses to approve Sanchez's choice to lead the senate.

[Diable Rouge]

Ailtire na hAiseirí, led by Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin was the most infamous example, and Oliver J Flanagan was a notorious anti-Semite before (and presumably after) he joined Fine Gael.