Originally Posted by
The Old Fat One
It's kinda funny how often Spain and Italy pitch up as examples of place not to be like.
I'm just back from Italy. Went from Venice to Rome in spotless smooth 300 km/H bullet train (state owned railway), where every passenger by default had to have a seat. Even the bogs were spotless.
Smartly dressed men and beautiful women everywhere I looked, happy smiling people everywhere. Evenings every restaurant packed with families, drinking, eating, laughing. Food amazing.
Ditto Spain, I have family in Granada...wonderful place. Same vibe.
I'm not sure why these countries keep popping up as place that "have gone wrong".
Seriously, I'm genuinely puzzled.
I didn't say that they are places not to be like just, only political systems that are ineffective. Perhaps if you hang around swanky restaurants with the beautiful people, life does appear rosy. The Grand Coalition in Italy has been a failure, Renzi fell and is looking at another election and another Grand Coalition. Meanwhile, the Italian banking system is on the verge of collapse and nobody is enpowered to deal with it, the debt to GDP ratio is 132%, that's not going to end well either.
The Spanish people are fantastic, I really enjoy their company but you don't see the young in the restaurants because with 40% youth unemployment rate, they have no money. Spains debt to GDP ratio is just about to hit 100%.
Corbyns budget is about wealth transfer not economic growth, so the champagne socialists in their swanky London restaurants will need to tighten their belts to pay for all the "free" gifts on offer.