Massive, ridiculous over-tourism combined with three decades of inward looking, narrow-minded, exclusionary Catalan nationalism. It's nothing like the city it was. The dynamism, the joy, the snark an… (View Post)

That's not how Trump works. He will force a choice. (View Post)

Thirty years ago I would have agreed abut Barcelona, but these days it is a very pale shadow of what it was. There are at least a dozen more interesting cities to visit in Spain:: Madrid Valencia Sev… (View Post)

Yep - framing policy to forlornly appeal to a demographic that will always hate you and never give you even the benefit of the doubt is not smart. (View Post)

Not doing the right things because you are afraid to is a political disease we find on both sides of the Atlantic. The current UK government also suffers from this, as do many others in Europe. It is… (View Post)