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Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 18 - 24 July 2019 Issue 1776

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OPINION & COMMENT www.euroweeklynews.com 27 June - 3 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 27<br />

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION<br />

Letters should be emailed to oursay@euroweeklynews.com<br />

or make your comments on our website:<br />

www.euroweeklynews.com<br />

What a cunning plan<br />

DEAR Editor,<br />

Every year, without fail the French<br />

go on strike, they have demonstrations<br />

and generally disrupt people’s plans,<br />

particularly during the all too brief<br />

tourist season. It is, it seems, more of a<br />

hobby for them rather than any number<br />

of legitimate industrial disputes.<br />

Air traffic controllers striking and<br />

fishing boats blockading the ports are<br />

two common protests and are two monotonously<br />

regular inconveniences.<br />

Then this year, we get the Gilets<br />

Jaunes, the series of protests against<br />

their government. Blockading Paris and<br />

the auto routes, disrupting travellers at<br />

whim. I read the newspapers and yet<br />

still do not understand what they are trying<br />

to achieve.<br />

Then, I had a thought - perhaps, just<br />

perhaps these strikers and blockaders<br />

are really employees of the Spanish<br />

Tourist Board, employed to get people<br />

to come to industrially, peaceful Spain.<br />

What a cunning plan.<br />

The French are really revolting.<br />

Viva la Revolution.<br />

Stan Reynolds<br />

Respect Spain<br />

DEAR Leapy Lee.<br />

Enjoyed your article last week very<br />

much (<strong>Issue</strong> 1772, June 20).<br />

I was told the same as you, you are<br />

an immigrant so why are you against<br />

them. I quote again the same as you, I<br />

came in the front door… Respect Spain<br />

and pay my own way.<br />

Like so many of us.<br />

Keep writing, enjoy your columns.<br />

Regards.<br />

Christine<br />

Not in the picture<br />

TO the editor<br />

I saw the reports and the great pictures<br />

from your 20-year celebration and<br />

firstly as a regular reader for these past<br />

seven years, can I wish you every success<br />

for the next 20.<br />

I was jealous to see the party, it did<br />

look like fun and I would have loved to<br />

be there, but, there was one thing missing,<br />

Where was Leapy Lee?<br />

I did not see a single photo of the<br />

man in any of the pictures and trust me,<br />

with the help of my wife’s magnifying<br />

glass - I looked. I even looked at your<br />

internet site, but could not see him, I<br />

cannot believe he was not there. He’s<br />

not camera shy, is he?<br />

Oh, and a second question, did you<br />

play his song ‘Little arrows’? I have to<br />

believe that you did, it would be a great<br />

homage to our own one hit wonder.<br />

M Parker<br />

DEAR Sirs,<br />

The debate between<br />

prospective leaders of<br />

the Conservative party<br />

brought to light several<br />

things. Firstly, if<br />

they were not happy<br />

with their stools, why<br />

didn’t they say so and<br />

threaten to walk. No<br />

cojones!<br />

If they were being<br />

continually interrupted<br />

by Ms Maitlis, why<br />

didn’t they say so and<br />

threaten to walk. No<br />

cojones!<br />

It seems that if a future<br />

prime minister is<br />

going to be elected<br />

with no cojones, what<br />

chance is there for<br />

them on the world<br />

HAVE YOUR SAY<br />

No cojones<br />

stage?<br />

Margaret Thatcher<br />

had more cojones than<br />

Justice at last! Poor lass has suffered so much for<br />

all this time. I hope she can now heal and try to<br />

put this nightmare behind her.<br />

Edwina T<br />

Benidorm landmark El Castell<br />

closes for the summer season<br />

I think it is nice that the owners have allowed the<br />

excavation. Although it means removing one spot<br />

temporarily, preserving the heritage is important.<br />

Erik R<br />

San Juan festival left beaches<br />

full of garbage<br />

Yes there should be bins, but that is no excuse,<br />

any of them!<br />

Yours truly<br />

R Spenceley<br />

All letters by email or post should carry the writer’s address, NIE and<br />

contact number though only the name and town will be published.<br />

COMMENTS FROM<br />

EWN ONLINE<br />

take your rubbish with you simple as that, don’t<br />

leave for someone else to clear your mess up, no<br />

respect.<br />

Irene G<br />

Stay safe as temperatures soar<br />

to ‘potentially dangerous’ levels<br />

across Spain<br />

If you see a dog in a car and windows closed, police<br />

say take photo then break the window.<br />

David M<br />

EWN<br />

OUR VIEW<br />

Justice is done<br />

JUSTICE has been done. The La Manada ‘Wolf Pack’ gang<br />

has been convicted of rape.<br />

Finally, the <strong>18</strong>-year-old victim of a horrific gang rape at the<br />

Pamplona bull running festival of San Fermin can move on<br />

with her life, three years after the event.<br />

Her quest for justice should never have come to this. While<br />

the police are faultless - they acted immediately in tracking<br />

down the perpetrators of the horrendous crime - the rest of the<br />

justice system is not.<br />

When the five men who took advantage of the young<br />

woman were cleared of rape and convicted instead on the lesser<br />

charge of sexual assault, there was understandable outrage<br />

in the country.<br />

No one could understand how the men - who not only assaulted<br />

the victim at least 10 times in the most depraved ways<br />

but also posted a video of the assault to a WhatsApp group<br />

called La Manada - were not guilty of rape.<br />

It came down to the interpretation of the law made by a<br />

lower court. It decided that according to the letter of the law<br />

for an assault to be considered rape then it has to be accompanied<br />

by either violence or the threat of violence - for example<br />

showing a knife.<br />

Ridiculously, the court seemed to imply that because a lone<br />

woman did not fight back against five grown men, then it was<br />

not rape.<br />

Fortunately, the Supreme Court decided otherwise. Let us<br />

hope this sets a precedent that other judges follow in future.<br />

Now we want to hear your views.<br />

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION<br />

www.euroweeklynews.com<br />

Readers who have missed correspondence can see all letters - which can<br />

be edited before publication - posted on: www.euroweeklynews.com.<br />

Wolf Pack guilty of rape says Supreme Court<br />

EWN online this week<br />

POLL OF THE WEEK<br />

Irish man dies in Costa del Sol<br />

pub stabbing<br />

Always walk away from any sign of trouble SAY<br />

nothing just walk away. You never know who you<br />

are dealing with as was the case here... RIP<br />

Maurizio D<br />

Four Brits stabbed in Magaluf<br />

Street brawl after phones and<br />

wallets are ‘stolen’<br />

This ‘stabbing thingy’ is just getting worse. Knife<br />

crimes have become the norm now… carrying a<br />

knife should be a jailable offence.<br />

Pat W<br />

106,744 Page views<br />

*For week 14 - 20 June <strong>2019</strong><br />

In light of recent attacks in bars and pubs in popular Spanish holiday<br />

resorts, do you think more should be done to protect revellers?<br />

CORRECTIONS<br />

Views expressed and opinions given are not necessarily<br />

those of the EWN publishers. No responsibility is accepted<br />

for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements.<br />

THE IRON LADY: Margaret Thatcher - a force to be<br />

reckoned with.<br />

At the EWN, we pride ourselves that reports are accurate and fair. If we do slip up, we promise to set the record straight in a clear,<br />

no-nonsense manner. To ask for an inaccuracy to be corrected. Email: editorial@euroweeklynews.com

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