It was pointed out in a radio debate this morning that since the 1993 elections the support of the Catalan Nationalists of CiU was absolutely necessary to approve the national budget every year except for 2000-2004. Also, from 1979 to 2003 the Regional Government was in the hands of CiU. However, the Mayor of Barcelona has been a Socialist all this time. So it would be cynical for CiU to campaign in Barcelona on this issue, since when they had the political power to influence the National Government to invest on Barcelona's infrastructure, they did nothing.
It was also mentioned that in 1982-86 the Socialist government decided that rail was a thing of the past. They quickly corrected themselves, but if it hadn't been for the 1992 Expo and Olympic games, Spain still might not have any high-speed trains. We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo
A general dislike for trains plus a general dislike for catalonai in the rest of spain among some sectors(in madird sepcially) joined to produce this disaster of really epic proportions.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
