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You will notice that this coal mining issue blew up in ZP's face in the first month of his first term in office, back in 2004. 5 years later, here we are.

Just like his finance minister Solbes saying in January 2006 that the real-estate development economic model was unsustainable and the boom years needed to be used to lay the groundwork for a change in model. 3 years later he left the government and the change of economic model is beginning to be talked about.

The same level of incompetence as Blair's government which came to power in 1997 and was caught by surprise when Scotland's North-sea gas production peaked. You would have thought 5-year projections should be the bread and butter of government. And you would be wrong.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 23rd, 2009 at 09:49:45 AM EST
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Migeru:
came to power in 1997 and was caught by surprise when Scotland's North-sea gas production peaked
in 2002, that is.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 23rd, 2009 at 09:59:13 AM EST
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