This has completely ruined the businesses of all the restaurants, bars, supermarkets etc. who would normally be busy right through the day. This obviously shows the contempt the council shows to the tourists, the ones this time of year that are good spenders.
Why oh why cant they wait till winter, beggers belief.
Yours sincerely,
Russell Fox
Santa Ponsa
Dear Sir,
Queen Elizabeth and King Felipe are constitutional monarchs which means, amongst other things, that they are not supposed to express political opinions. When Queen Elizabeth, shortly before the Scottish referendum, was overheard saying, in a private remark to a Scottish well-wisher, that she hoped the voters would "think very carefully about the future", the supporters of independence were angry because her remarks were interpreted as being unhelpful to their cause.
As you pointed out in your Viewpoint (Thursday, October 5), King Felipe in his recent broadcast "stuck very firmly to the government line which got Spain into this mess in the first place".
In 1981, King Juan Carlos united the nation against the leaders of the failed coup d’état. In 2017, his son, Felipe ensured that the nation is now more divided than ever, thanks to his personal politicization of the situation in Catalonia. A missed opportunity, which makes the monarchy in Spain seem even more irrelevant in these troubled times.
Yours faithfully,
George Tunnell
Calvia
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I can assure you that Mr Pearson reads more Spanish press and online comments than you would believe possible.
It would seem mr pearson clearly doesn't read the Spanish press ,where there has been huge criticism of the kings speech.also while we live in a democracy anyone may criticize or voice their opinion regarding the Spanish royal family. I regularly hear grumbles in my local bar from Spanish citizens when the king appears on tv.
Sorry, Viva, but it's impossible to say right at the moment. It's an ongoing issue between the Cursach Group and Calvia town hall.
Please can you find out if BCM is to open again in 2018? It can't take that long surely for the cooling towers to be fixed? I really want to book another holiday to Magaluf, but I won't if BCM is still closed. I will take my money and go elsewhere, even though I would prefer Magaluf
Dear Sir, It seems that Mr Tunnell listened to a different speech than the one I listened to. At no time did the King "politicize" his speech. He made it quite clear than the instigators of the referendum were breaking the law, eg the Constitution, and that those who live in Catalonia and were against independence, would not be forgotten. In other words he was firmly against the proposed coup de etat, just like his father has been. I have not read or heard any critical comments about the speech, quite the contrary.I would also advise Mr Tunnell, being a foreigner living in a foreign country, to keep his personal opinion about the Spanish head of state, royalty or not, to himself. Richard Pearson