Administrative disasters occupy more and more space in newspapers, but they are completely absent from political debate. The public administration continues to be pringosamente Spanish even in institutions that pride themselves on a furious anti-Spanishism.

As in a picture of submission and patience of the former communist bloc, if they have not had the mischief, or enough money, to buy a number, or if the private security guard at the door has not scared them away with bad manners. The Spanish Administration are irregular contracts to cover public services badly, granted through rigged tenders, with an old shamelessness of greedy kinship.