The Anonymous Widower

Basques Want to Join an Independent Scotland

I can’t work out if this was a Spanish joke or not, but it is reported in today’s Times. The leader of one of their political parties has said it and has also waxed lyrical about kilts and said that Edinbrgh should replace Madrid as their capital.

Probably it’s just another way of stating the old adage – You don’t have to be mad to be the leader of a political party, but it helps.

I actually think on a day of such miserable foreign news, the story lightens everything up.

On the other hand it could be a large publicity stunt on behalf of Bilbao-based company CAF, who are building the trams for Edinburgh’s tram system and they want to get it finished and of course get paid. When it does get finished, I suspect that a mixture of Scots, Basques, paella and Scotch will be a good recipe for a party.

February 21, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News, Transport/Travel | Politics, Scotland, Spain, Trams