Convergence and Union

Barcelona T10 price inflation vs general consumer price inflation

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

How the PSC screwed up transport pricing strategy for the 2010 regionals and 2011 municipals.

Tags: Barcelona, Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois
Posted in Convergence and Union, Jordi Hereu i Boher, Public transport, Socialists' Party of Catalonia, Transport in Barcelona, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Xavier Trias | No Comments »

Spain elections: the view from the edge of the precipice

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Mariano Rajoy’s PP will win tomorrow’s general elections in Spain. The size of the majority it achieves will shape Spanish and Catalan politics for the next few years. The prospect of seeing the PP in power again after 8 years is not a happy one. While I’m no fan of the PSOE (I think I [...]

Tags: Barcelona, Capital, catalonia, European Union, Izquierda Unida, Politics, Politics of Catalonia, PP, Spain
Posted in Congress of Deputies, Convergence and Union, Elections in Spain, European Central Bank, Government of Spain, International Monetary Fund, Mariano Rajoy, Occupy, Politics of Spain, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Spanish general election, United Left, electoral law, general elections | No Comments »

In defence of Catalan language immersion

Monday, September 5th, 2011

It’s a fine example of practical neo-feudalism, and screw the serfs.

Tags: Catalan Language, catalonia, Empires, rulers and warfare, Fascism, language policy, Languages, Les bourgeois, Monsters, nationalism
Posted in Convergence and Union, Socialists' Party of Catalonia | No Comments »

Rubalcaba and the German electoral system

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Josu discusses what the PSOE candidate might have meant and the possible consequences. Key para: De hecho, sii trasladáramos a España el sistema alemán “entero”, con reparto nacional, umbral del 5%, y con sus excepciones, resultaría que suponie…

Tags: Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois, Spain
Posted in Convergence and Union, People's Party (Spain), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, electoral reform | No Comments »

Spain’s self-employed

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Destined to save the nation? More numerous than thought? Someone explain, please.

Tags: Acute diseases, Andalusia, Arithmetic, bureaucracy, Chronic diseases, Empires, rulers and warfare, employment, Fascism, Flocks and work animals, individualism, Les bourgeois, Remedies and medicines, Sarkozy, Spain, Spain is different, unemployment, United Kingdom, Wild beasts
Posted in Convergence and Union, Margaret Thatcher, National syndicalism, People's Party (Spain), Socialists' Party of Catalonia, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Value added tax, social security, taxation | No Comments »

UPDATED: CiU wins Catalan elections – without absolute majority

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

UPDATED Current results (99% of votes counted): CiU 62 PSC 28 PPC 18 ICV-EUiA 10 ERC 10 SI 4 C’s 3 (PxC 0) ===== The first results of today’s Catalan elections are in. CiU have won a convincing majority, which was to be expected. The PP has replaced ERC as the third largest group in [...]

Tags: Artur Mas, catalonia, CiU, Joan Laporta, Politics, PP, PSC
Posted in Catalan parliament, Convergence and Union, Joan Laporta's party, president | No Comments »