The Wholesome Photo of the Month Thu May 09, 2024 11:01 | Anti-Empire
In 3 War Years Russia Will Have Spent $3... Thu May 09, 2024 02:17 | Anti-Empire
UK Sending Missiles to Be Fired Into Rus... Tue May 07, 2024 14:17 | Marko Marjanović
US Gives Weapons to Taiwan for Free, The... Fri May 03, 2024 03:55 | Anti-Empire
Russia Has 17 Percent More Defense Jobs ... Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:56 | Marko Marjanović
Anti-Empire >>
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog. We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by
The Saker >>
A Summary of Why the Czech Republic Vaccine Data are So Devastating to the ?Safe and Effective? Narr... Tue Jul 30, 2024 15:00 | Will Jones
The Czech Republic record-level vaccine data are devastating to the "safe and effective" narrative, says Steve Kirsch, as he provides a new overview that explains why.
The post A Summary of Why the Czech Republic Vaccine Data are So Devastating to the “Safe and Effective” Narrative appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Keir Starmer?s Anti-Israel Policies Are Now No Different to Jeremy Corbyn?s Tue Jul 30, 2024 13:00 | Will Jones
Unlike Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer has never described Hezbollah as his friends. But other than that, when it comes to Israel there is now little of consequence to differentiate them, says Stephen Pollard.
The post Keir Starmer’s Anti-Israel Policies Are Now No Different to Jeremy Corbyn’s appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Is the Muslim Vote Abandoning Labour? Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:00 | Frank Haviland
Is the 'Muslim vote' set to abandon Labour? With three quarters of British Muslims refusing to believe Hamas committed atrocities on October 7th, it's hard to see how Labour can retain them, says Frank Haviland.
The post Is the Muslim Vote Abandoning Labour? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Bridget Phillipson is Wrong About the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act Tue Jul 30, 2024 09:00 | Dr Julius Grower
Bridget Phillipson is wrong about the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act she has just torpedoed, says Oxford law academic Dr Julius Grower. It won't increase legal action for universities but will ease it.
The post Bridget Phillipson is Wrong About the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
No, Ed Miliband Does Not Have a ?Mandate? for His Net Zero Lunacy Tue Jul 30, 2024 07:00 | Ben Pile
With swivel-eyed zeal, Ed Miliband has been telling broadcasters he has a "mandate" to deliver his unworkable and unaffordable Net Zero agenda. Not when just 20% of the public voted for you, says Ben Pile.
The post No, Ed Miliband Does Not Have a ?Mandate? for His Net Zero Lunacy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Netanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en
Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en
Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en
Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en
Voltaire Network >>
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (4 of 4)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4...too bad they did not bother registering to vote. Spain is a normal, functioning western dfemoicracy, not Iraq, where people have to saty in nearly 24/7 for fear of being shot by either yanks or insurgents.
Well, by the same reckoning, 93% have NOT voted against it. In a democracy all are free to vote or not vote. If you don't vote, don't complain about the result.
While there may be some reason to question the acceptance of the EU Constitution by the voters in Spain - there could be important regional differences which give serious cause for concern.
This was certainly the case with the Spanish National Referendum - as the country struggled to make its transition to democracy almost thirty years ago - on 6 December 1978.
At that time the news of an overwhelming positive vote flashed around the world. Over three-quarters of the voters had gone to the polls and more than 92 % had voted in favour of the proposed new Spanish Constitution.
BUT - the situation was very different in the Basque country - where abstention was almost equivalent to rejection.
With a turnout of just under 49 % - [compare this with figures today] - and just over three-quarters of the votes cast in favour - this meant that almost two-thirds of this important region had effectively not endorsed the new proposed new constitution.
I’ll pop the cork on my Cava when I see some details.
if you please, Spain is in many ways a more highly developed democracy than Eire. The role of voting for or against, or in "blank" or abstention of the political party candidate lists are well understood. In addition the constitutional links to the "estates" of society, the military, the church, the media, the beurocracy, the unions and the social assemblies is arguably the most highly evolved on the planet.
Only in Spain could you see deputies sit from representing an illegalised party, only in Spain do the very clear majority of ministers and leaders of loyal opposition have some varient of the first name José.
This evolution is a testament to the Spanish peoples progress from the First international of socialists, through dictatorships and democracies to a model constitiutional monarchy where everyone is happy to complain within the limits of surreality and under the ever growing dependence on financial dudes who play computer games in Frankfort.
Eire operates a completely different system of democracy which is closest to a dominion style brirtish commonwealth based on ango-saxon jurisprudence where any old fecker can nominated if they buy their fellow party members enough dhrink.
If you're interested in the future of Europe, or of Eire then pay attention to your own emerging democracy, its institutions and its estates and the relationship they play to in their satelitic dependancies to the governments of the USA and UK and EU. But don't think you're going to learn much from the spanish experience expecially if you make mistake of taking one poll in isolation.