Dick Dasterdly

I don't imagine that a guy who could feed 5,000 people with 5 fish would be too concerned about their price.

cricketman

Salvados is excellent and one of the best current affairs programmes I have seen in any country

Comando Actualidad is a bit lazy. A lot of the time they go around asking people how much they earn or paid for everything. Lazy journalism, but still very interesting

They are definitely the best programmes to keep up on the issues in Spain, so for once I agree with agoreira

andyrich666

There was two, this one also, http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=830899

I did not say your wasting time, its better to educate than eradicate, I think I walk a tightrope in bringing it up based on the 2 replies I have received.

The threads closed, a lesson for us, but a good thread it was and I hope Stevie opens a 'Part 2' thread in the near future.

This is my opinion as much as it maybe unwarranted, if you close a thread, its not going to deter the posters as they will just do the same on another thread, its the posters who need to be told, closing a thread is not the right way for me to have approached it.

Whats done is done and we will all hopefully benefit from it. Best I say no more as its getting a bit blustery on this tightrope.

Fredbargate

There have been a few more recently down to personal attacks that are generally referring to posts that are way off the original subject.

I don't envy the Mods position but it may help if warnings were given to the suspects within the threads themselves rather than by PM so all can understand what is happening and maybe avoid replying to those suspects thereby reducing the opportunity for things to develope too far.

Just my 2p's worth.

Mitzyboy

I dont believe in belittling people on a public forum unless it is absolutely necessary and thats why most of it is done by pm, and none of you know anything about it.
We shouldnt discuss moderation here please

Dick Dasterdly

I think much of the problem was due to the misleading topic title as quite a few people mentioned.

Those of us living in Spanish communities tend to share their views and opinions rather those of expats who have probably never experienced the pain, anguish and loss of dignity as have so many Spanish people due to the on-going crisis.

It might be of some advantage if any future topic heading was less contentious and simply titled "the Spanish Economy" for instance.

Domino

if you can't see the connection then you are off your troll ey

scot47

The Telegraph has never forgiven Spain for allowing General Francisco Franco to die.

lutonlad

How very deep and meaningful.

scot47

It was supposed to convey to the smarter reader that the Telegraph can be considered to be rather right wing. Maybe I am expecting too much of readers in Luton.

amideislas

"right wing" is only relative to how far left you lean.

Obama, a "liberal" by US standards, would be patently considered a "right winger" over here.

Merkel, a "right winger" by German standards, would probably end up in the Labour party if she were a UK politician.

It's all relative, innit?

Maybe1day

Something fishy here, the lone reporter of the fact got lost and and turned up with this tasty morsel around 110 yrs later. The locals and Romans never knew it happened, strange isn't it?
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Fredbargate

Also there is no mention of chips, mushy peas or curry sauce

Maybe1day

They had bread, without newspapers there was nothing to put the chips in, As for curry, well, Jesus didn't discover that untill he was about 33 according to the other book. The peas were probably always mushy so they weren't mentioned.
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EMR

I have had to laugh at the various articles about the exodus from Spain, the dire state of the economy as far as expats are concerned in the Torygraph and DM.
A figure of 90,000 returnees has been mentioned. then I remember good old Nige talking about 90,000 immigrants from Spain.
It makes you think.
Knocking Johny Foreigner has always been a popular theme in many UK papers, they do not need to substantiate any of their views, provide accurate facts and data.