I've been trying to educate myself on it and I have to say mate,its complicated and Im struggling a bit.Incredible stupidity and disgusting behaviour from the government and its forces is something im pretty comfortable saying.What I'd be interested in asking your colleague though,is why so many in Catalonia are so desperate for independence? From my limited knowledge I'd say the Madrid government haven't made enough effort to repair the damage caused by the Franco oppression of Catalonia.
Madrid played this wrong, they should have just let them have a vote and if it turned out wrong (from there point of view) just ignored it.
Spain is made up of lots of provences some of which are given a form of self governance, Madrid can't afford a peaceful independence move from Catalonia, the Basque region wud be next
Until you walk in someone's shoes, you'll never truly understand their situation. Just look at Northern Ireland, residents of the republic in general, never "got" what the troubles were about. I think the same applies elsewhere. I don't think South Sudan, for example, is doing much better since it was formed.
Ryanair will no doubt be out trying to vulture pilots this morning from this. There's rumours circulating the Norweigan needs to improve it's performance massively or it could be in trouble soon too, losing huge capital, far more than expected in it's setup phase and struggling against increasing cost base associated with hiring new pilots. The whole aviation sector could be heading for a massive correction soon and the impact of Brexit on it is still entirely un-quantifiable.
Ryanair need pilots, the pilots who previously worked for Monarch need jobs having lost their jobs through no fault of Ryanair, can't see how that makes Ryanair vultures tbh mate ? I actually think it may be a small silver lining in an otherwise very unfortunate situation that see's more people losing their jobs. When it comes to the bigger picture with Ryanair and their problems, one solution may be to try and takeover another airline, where there is duplication on routes and they can merge services, thus freeing up a few pilots to move onto other routes where they are needed.
Actually it's not going to work out anyway, Monarch's fleet is all Airbus planes, they've only one 737 so they won't be doing well out of it. Think CityJet and the likes have more Airbus planes and are also in need of pilots so they'll mop them up. I wonder who will take the planes though and they've an order for new Boeings next year? The pilots etc. will have jobs in the morning but cabin crew etc. are likely to struggle a bit more I'd say. Hopefully they can all find jobs though but a bad time of year for it, all airlines usually have surplus staff at this point of the year and will not be ramping up again until March/April next year.
@£6.50 - I'm not being political at all. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. My point is that this remains the same all around the world and the counter argument to wanting independence, in general, is a fragmentation of a nation, whether right or wrong.
Have to mention Tom Petty. I could take some of his music and leave some but Full Moon Fever caught me in the headlights. RIP
Yep, running down a dream, freefalling, feel a whole lot better, don't come around here no more, learning to fly. Great tunes. RIP
Always liked “Won’t back down”. Then I learnt that he had suffered from depression for decades and the lyrics made real sense. He was never interested in taking the limelight on stage but this performance was memorable, if only for George Harrison’s son looking the spit of his dad and his purpleness finishing the song perfectly.
I have to admit, I seen all the tributes to Tom Petty and did not know who he was initially. Once I heard some of the songs, I recognised them, however was most of stuff in 70s/80s?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27838034 Interesting article. The utter devastation of areas in Iraq and Syria is mind numbing.
https://www.independent.ie/business...ireland-with-new-mortgage-model-36072198.html This is interesting,they were talking about it on Newstalk this morning.The government being accused of being against it to protect the pillar banks which seems pretty standard for an Irish government but I don't really know enough about it to say if that is the case. I've always wondered if a state run similar model would be possible to provide insurance.Charge competetive rates and use the money made to cover the cost of insuring people who can't get insurance at present for their houses,maybe even keep car insurance with the other companies at reasonable levels.