Austerity? It’s Worse Elsewhere
Just across the border from here in Gibraltar lies La Linea – a crime-ridden decaying town reliant solely on the financial overspill of The Rock. And after decades of corrupt and incompetent officials it is effectively bankrupt.
So much so that the Policia Local officers are now having to take the bus when attending calls or walk to move around the city on their daily duties. In an attempt to cope they are passing whatever work they can up to the Policia Nacional.
Their entire fleet of patrol cars, vans and motorbikes is out of action and the vehicles are in such bad state that they have failed the Spanish equivalent of MOT tests.
The Ayuntamiento (the local council) is on the back foot and is now negotiating with a private company to be able to rent some vehicles for emergency needs. Meanwhile municipal workers there are owed 20% of their September and the entirety of their October salary, and are protesting outside the council hall.
They almost make Labour look competent. Almost.
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“Or walk to move around the city on their daily duties” – What’s wrong with that?? We used to call it “Bobbies on the beat”…
“Hear, Hear” …
That’s not so much of a tradition in the area concerned. Greater danger of unexpected death, for a start.
Let’s be fair .. La Linea always was the arsehole of the Med .. even as far back as in the days of the infamous (and now long deceased) Donkey … =-O >:o 😀 😀
Can’t argue. It’s the original source of the joke about half a town burning down doing millions of pounds of improvements.
Burning down millions of pounds of investment? That is what happens on sink estates all over the UK as well. Try to improve life for the low life and they still cannot see past their next benefit to spend on White Lightening/heroin fix.
ps – another name for White Lightening cider is ‘Quite Frightening!’
That’s the truly frustrating thing, isn’t it? Trying to do something those who not only don’t want it and don’t appreciate it, but actively do their best to sabotage your efforts. There’s no helping some people.