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The headline from Politico pretty much sums up the bombshell – practically up there with Franco’s infamous “ bando de guerra ’’ announcement as the beginning of Spain’s Civil War – ‘Spain’s top court ousts the Attorney General, escalating the prime minister’s feud with the judiciary’.  This is all to do with the lack of the Constitutional presumption of innocence; plus the coincidence that the ruling came out precipitously on November 20th (the 50th anniversary of Franco’s death and – by chance – the very day when the Almería PP collapsed in yet another scandal). The announcement of ‘Guilty’ itself a filtration (of all ironies), since the ruling itself hadn’t been written: the five conservatives in the Supreme Court voting according (apparently) to their politics rather than their understanding of jurisprudence and furthermore without proof of guilt beyond accusations from various far-right groups including Vox and the hate groups Manos Limpias and Hazte Oir . The court ban...

Business over Tapas A digest of this week's Spanish financial, political and social news aimed primarily at Foreign Property Owners: Prepared by Lenox Napier.   Consultant: José Antonio Sierra For subscriptions and other information about this site, go to businessovertapas.com email:   lenox@businessovertapas.com *** Now with Facebook Page (Like!) *** Business over Tapas and its writers are not responsible for unauthorised copying or other improper use of this material. Subscription and e-mail information in our archives is never released to third parties.     November 20 2025             Nº 609   Editorial:   There’s a Spanish word which has a very special meaning – or had at least, half a century ago – and it sounds odd to British ears: El Generalísimo , which might mean something like ‘the generaliest of all the generals’ practically a (what comes next – a field marshal?). ...

  Business over Tapas A digest of this week's Spanish financial, political and social news aimed primarily at Foreign Property Owners: Prepared by Lenox Napier.   Consultant: José Antonio Sierra For subscriptions and other information about this site, go to businessovertapas.com email:   lenox@businessovertapas.com *** Now with Facebook Page (Like!) *** Business over Tapas and its writers are not responsible for unauthorised copying or other improper use of this material. Subscription and e-mail information in our archives is never released to third parties.     November 13 2025             Nº 608   Story: ( a moment of levity this week ) I needed a rag to check the oil on my old banger so I was looking under the kitchen sink for a discarded tee-shirt. There’s a pile of them down there, maybe my wife thought slinging them under the sink was easier than chucking them in the wash...