Opinion
Cold comfort
What we really need in order to complete the joyful Yuletide scenes, however, is for the appropriate weather to make an appearance in order to complement the decor
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The queue for the bins
The supermarket workers carefully put the bags in the bin out of respect because they know this food is the livelihood of many families
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The wrong impression
These pointlessly violent demonstrations gave the rest of the world a wrong impression: that objection to Sánchez's amnesty deal with Catalan separatists is the exclusive preserve of right-wing nutters and frothing neo-fascists
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Opinion
The sixty-million-dollar man
If I did have sixty million dollars, the last thing that would occur to me would be to buy a humungous boat
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Opinion
Take home pay
Spanish people have an in-built reflex which obliges them to check if everything has been paid or not before they leave any bar or restaurant
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Opinion
A fine balance
At a summit of EU leaders in Brussels last week, Sánchez endorsed the bloc's renewed call for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine
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Turbulent times
The phrase has become the catch-all term in the reports on Leonor's investiture and the imminent one of Sánchez
Juan Carlos Viloria | -
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Ask me no questions
The carefully choreographed spectacle didn't fool everyone: one incredulous viewer commented beneath the YouTube video of Tuesday's performance, "Do you think you're kidding us? That we're stupid? That we swallow anything?"
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Opinion
Plumbing the depths
This is why I never do home repairs - my efforts invariably make things a lot worse before they get better, if, in fact, they get better at all
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Opinion
Landlords are not NGOs
After the new housing law there appears not be a single flat available for rent in Spain; and if there is one, the price is so shameful that it makes even the person who rents it out blush
Ignacio Lillo | -
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War of words
The Israeli embassy in Madrid said that "certain elements within the Spanish government have chosen to align themselves with [...] Isis-style terrorism". Without naming Belarra and Garzón specifically, it said that their remarks were "absolutely immoral"
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Opinion
Keep it down
Noise regulations and advice in the form of an index finger on closed lips also makes me laugh when they turn a blind eye to a minute of fireworks that sound like bombs are raining down on our heads
Violeta Niebla | -
Opinion
Eat to the beat
I wasn't aware of the high regard with which eating is held in these parts and how two o'clock is a revered hour when, whatever you're doing and wherever you are, you must stop for lunch
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A poor response
Pedro Sánchez called for "harmony, coexistence, peace" and a "rejection of war" - a boringly tepid statement that could be construed as condemnation of Hamas's attack, Israel's retaliation, or both
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For Malaga's greater good
Decisions must be taken to prevent the Malaga metropolitan area collapsing - it's already late
Ignacio Lillo |