Day of reflection

Today is the day of reflection.

Iniciativa are clearly hoping for another Tripartit. PSC are difficult to gauge on this point… Montilla could be president if they pact with the left-wing parties… but another Tripartit is apparently an unpopular choice of coalition. They could cut ERC out of the decision making completely and pact with CiU. Plenty of people support this idea but it means having Artur "I deserve to rule" Mas as president for four years. I don't trust him. He messed up the region's finances before, he doesn't seem to have any values, he pacts with the PP. Would PSC really agree to a Mas presidency? ERC would if they could get no leverage with PSC, but they've been trying to reinvent themselves as 'Esquerres' more and more, so why would they pact with the conservatives? Montilla. Could he even govern? With his stagefright, lack of confidence, lack of drive. He's so unconvincing. Saura's bunch don't seem to believe in much either, oh and there's something odd about him. His face, you know? He didn't have breakfast with Laporta. Why not? Does he not care about Barça? Maybe he does. Maybe he just didn't want to use Barça as a vote-winner. No, Saura strikes me as the sort of chap who doesn't like football at all. Who's Laporta voting for? Mas, probably. They're made for eachother, those two. Mes que un club. Oleguer will be voting for ICV or the Okupats de Gracia party or something like that. Daft sod. Barça must beat Chelsea tonight.

Oh yeah and my Tripartit bet? That was a joke. €20 on a CiU-PSC coalition with Mas as president.

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October 31, 2006 | Filed Under Catalonia, Politics 

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4 Responses to “Day of reflection”

  1. mike on November 1st, 2006 3:08 am

    Dude,

    I hope your post about ERC was a joke. If not, it is clear that you need to read a bit more about the history and maybe widen your circle of acquaintances to encompass other views in the country where you live.
    My bet is that you will vote for Ciutadans, your party.

    Best wishes.

  2. Tom on November 1st, 2006 11:54 am

    As you might expect, I will be voting for either Ciutadans or the Falange Española de las Jons.

  3. Daniel on November 1st, 2006 12:54 pm

    I think Saura played in Barça's youth set-up, but I could be wrong.

  4. Tom on November 1st, 2006 1:51 pm

    Daniel - you're absolutely right. And what's more: I even knew that. Maybe he just recognised that having breakfast with Laporta would look like a shallow, empty gesture like it did when Mas and Montilla tried it.

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