Hay ke darsela al Chief Minister ha echo, without doubt, much bien, the economy, the beginning of the repositioning of the finance centre, improved traffic and parking, modernisation of public amenities, new proposed power station, new airport (demasiado caro y grande), new courts y mas but entre lo good nos metes los goles.
What are they?
Pues mira, el Theatre Royal: de pronto no lo van a hacer, en el boquete va un car park y encima un square y un green area. De un desastre nos saca un beautification! Pero que ha y va a costar? Oye que its our money not yours.
Los delays en affordable housing ... don't worry be happy GJBS los vas a terminar! pero porque nadie pregunta why the original builders could not finish. Tiene que esta algo fundamentally mal si dan tenders a precios que resulta en que no se terminan las obras. Cuanto le cuesta ese fracaso a nosotros los taxpayer?
Y ahora we find out the pensions problem has not gone away. Cuantas veces are we going to have this problem. Y ke hay un magic wand ke a los nuestros le vamos a dar todo y a EU workers no? We will see what the EU tendra que decir of that!
Y lo del CJ se lo apunta el! I seem to remember que era unos lawyers who started and finished that ... y a ellos no se lo pago el taxpayer, tuveron ke costearselo ellos de su bolsillo para hacer un public good. Suddnely it is the Governmnet and "OTHERS" who have been vindicated y no los abogados ke se quejaron or maybe ellos son the "OTHERS" pero no eres big enough para darle las gracias. Caruana eres grande! Penasba ke solo te montaste en el bandwagon ke esquibocado lo hiciste tu todo!
Y ahora the Civil Guard incident was a "... serious and unacceptable incursion ..." but, what, el Chief Minister fue el que los dejo de ir when he was asked to by a Spanish Minister in Madrid. Ya he escrito bastante de eso ... if you want to know read earlier blogs.
Yes Chief Minister you do many things well but like all human beings you make mistakes. No te crea que el pueblo no se da cuenta when you "spin" them into good news and try to disguise them. Ten cuidado que te van a cojer ... el pueblo no es tonto ni tu tan intelligente. No te haces big favours behaving asin a bit of humility and admission of mistakes can get you votes. Piensatelo bien ...
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Employment y El Campo de Gibraltar
Hoy we read en el Chronicle que los Councils de Spain miran a Gibraltar como parte de su estrategia to reduce unemployment by promoting financial recovery. Pues estamos bien ... el euro a 1.10 por libra (con suerte) y nosotros al rescate!! Y de mientra ni dan cuartel en el frontier.
You know what I say ... po ke "yes" let our economy help pero el PP se podria quedar callado on what it says about us. Si no, que hagan gargaras por que they cannot give the bad and have the good. We are either amigos or enemies but let them decide once and for all.
In the same way que los Spanish Councils estan "factoring in" Gibraltar para ayudar sus economies, que ellos hagan lo suyo para parar idiotas politicos del PP de decir rubbish. They cannot have it both ways ... todo lo bueno para ellos y lo malo para nosotros!
Y, if worker's conditions en Gibraltar son buenos para los llanitos, pues que se conformen. What is good for the goose is good for the gander ... o no? Para los Spanish son "labour abuses" para los nuestros son "normal working conditions" ... donde estamos? when you go to Rome do as the Romans ... o no?
Y si hay abuse by the employer pues que no se metan in ASTEG que se metan en el TGWU ...
You know what I say ... po ke "yes" let our economy help pero el PP se podria quedar callado on what it says about us. Si no, que hagan gargaras por que they cannot give the bad and have the good. We are either amigos or enemies but let them decide once and for all.
In the same way que los Spanish Councils estan "factoring in" Gibraltar para ayudar sus economies, que ellos hagan lo suyo para parar idiotas politicos del PP de decir rubbish. They cannot have it both ways ... todo lo bueno para ellos y lo malo para nosotros!
Y, if worker's conditions en Gibraltar son buenos para los llanitos, pues que se conformen. What is good for the goose is good for the gander ... o no? Para los Spanish son "labour abuses" para los nuestros son "normal working conditions" ... donde estamos? when you go to Rome do as the Romans ... o no?
Y si hay abuse by the employer pues que no se metan in ASTEG que se metan en el TGWU ...
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
El Airport y La Linea
El acuerdo sobre el airport esta. No one will change it. Con que no vamos a calentarnos la cabeza with whatever los politicos de La Linea are saying. Lo que sera will be. No vamos a poner in doubt que el airport es British: lo es.
La cosa es: van a venir mas aviones?
No hay duda que la carretera nueva por Eastern Beach is much needed. It is less than third world tener que crusar el landing strip to come into Gibraltar. We will see how pedestrians will get in! Seguro ke el gobierno lo tendra solucionado.
Lo que parece una barbaridad es the size of the new terminal. Tantos vuelos are coming? It seems dificil to believe, going by what has happened en el pasado.
If the bad weather carries on, will Easy Jet want to fly to Gibraltar or will they say Malaga is near enough. Si pasa eso ke vamos a hacer con tanto terminal? Mas shops and restaurants? Ocean Village ya sta vacio ... ke vamos a hacer con mas?
Mas importante, cuanto va a costar limpiar y mantener el terminal tan grande y quien pagara? El taxpayer otra ves? Eso no es State Aid? Porque si las rentas son mas baratas para los negocias en el terminal seria unfair competition para Main Street y otros sitios.
Ya veremos ....
La cosa es: van a venir mas aviones?
No hay duda que la carretera nueva por Eastern Beach is much needed. It is less than third world tener que crusar el landing strip to come into Gibraltar. We will see how pedestrians will get in! Seguro ke el gobierno lo tendra solucionado.
Lo que parece una barbaridad es the size of the new terminal. Tantos vuelos are coming? It seems dificil to believe, going by what has happened en el pasado.
If the bad weather carries on, will Easy Jet want to fly to Gibraltar or will they say Malaga is near enough. Si pasa eso ke vamos a hacer con tanto terminal? Mas shops and restaurants? Ocean Village ya sta vacio ... ke vamos a hacer con mas?
Mas importante, cuanto va a costar limpiar y mantener el terminal tan grande y quien pagara? El taxpayer otra ves? Eso no es State Aid? Porque si las rentas son mas baratas para los negocias en el terminal seria unfair competition para Main Street y otros sitios.
Ya veremos ....
Friday, 1 January 2010
Expediency and Constitutional Strictures
Some, including Paco Oliva, of the Chronicle, have excused and gone so far as to praise the expedient handling of the recent Guardia Civil incursions on grounds of reducing inter state tensions. There is no excuse in any situation for anyone to ride roughshod over constitutional and legal safeguards: processes exist for the greater good and not to be arbitrarily ignored for political or diplomatic ends. This has been shown by the recent protest made by the British government to the Spanish Government over the recent Guardia Civil incursions.
The jump to the conclusion that any incursion is not politically motivated by Spain brings with it the setting of dangerous precedents liable to abuse by the Spanish Government in the future. We will see how this develops.
Do the Guardia Civil now have a free reign to do it again? If they do it again, what will Gibraltar's authorities do? React the same way or assume again that in the heat of "hot pursuit" other Guardia Civiles have lost their way again? The Guardia Civiles knew at all times where they were. Any person with basic boating skills will know that. They skilfully avoided all harbour walls and entered through the harbour entrance, hardly indicative of not knowing where they were headed for.
One wonders how the Gibraltar Police reached the conclusions that they reached on this incident so quickly? How many witnesses did they interview?
Expediency is never a good excuse to ignore proper legal process, even if it produces a good and obvious conclusion. Expediency can and will bring adverse consequences in the future in other areas that will be of more concern to the citizen.
The jump to the conclusion that any incursion is not politically motivated by Spain brings with it the setting of dangerous precedents liable to abuse by the Spanish Government in the future. We will see how this develops.
Do the Guardia Civil now have a free reign to do it again? If they do it again, what will Gibraltar's authorities do? React the same way or assume again that in the heat of "hot pursuit" other Guardia Civiles have lost their way again? The Guardia Civiles knew at all times where they were. Any person with basic boating skills will know that. They skilfully avoided all harbour walls and entered through the harbour entrance, hardly indicative of not knowing where they were headed for.
One wonders how the Gibraltar Police reached the conclusions that they reached on this incident so quickly? How many witnesses did they interview?
Expediency is never a good excuse to ignore proper legal process, even if it produces a good and obvious conclusion. Expediency can and will bring adverse consequences in the future in other areas that will be of more concern to the citizen.
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