Nonsense, the only people that knew were Franco's henchman

Do you not know what life is like under a dictatorship? Even if people did know, they wouldnt have been able to do anything about it

Sharing food is an act of communism remember, penalised by a bullet in the head

I can't believe you said that. Do you ever leave the house, or watch Spanish TV news ????

There are demonstrations almost every day here in Oviedo

And lots of anti-politician vitriol on my Spanish friends' Facebook walls!

The catholic church were fully aware and travelled around , and yes Ive worked in countries where theres a dictator in power both in South America and Africa.

The Catholic church as an institution were allied with Franco. They were (and are) as evil as he was

Yes, every day, and I've done it for a lot longer than you have.

Then how come you haven't seen all the demonstrations and marches, cops with rubber bullets and rioters setting fire to bins, strikes, closures and so on, that are going on all over the country? Why do you say they are confined to Madrid? Do you really think they will just blow over when people get used to having their salaries chopped and public services slashed and realise its "for their own good"?

But you were saying eveyone will pull together and that I have a very poor view of human nature .

Good heavens girl, you don't arf get around !! Except we don't have anything of what you have seen, you really have an exciting time

Methinks you spend too much time watching Spanish TV, where even nice sweet gentle junior school teachers have been known to set fire to bins, been confronted by police etc.

After a demonstration in Barcelona some time ago it was reported
Police said 29 people had been detained so far during the two-day meeting, including five in clashes with police overnight.
Among the detainees were five foreigners from Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia and Britain, a police spokesman said

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz21pOFqzgG

That I agree on but I cant accept that in towns and cities north of Andalucia that the general public had no idea of the starvation and poverty , people cant help but gossip , even Army and Police.

You get your news of what's happening in Spain from the Daily Mail!?

The demonstrators ARE pulling together.

Of course the demonstrators are pulling together they have the same objetives but they are not taking the entire country with them.

I always appreciate the comments from our Spanish commentators, including those expats who have integrated more than I have, but the latest ones on this thread show what I consider an unnecessary amount of panic.

Of course there's civil unrest, there's civil unrest all over southern Europe because of the austerity measures, but for expats to start packing their bags because of it is a bit premature.

In any case, the British Navy will save us as long as we have a clear passage to Gibraltar when the time comes, where the ships will be waiting to take us home.

I can get there in six hours.

Not if there are armed road blocks and the border is closed