It is almost impossible not to be cynical when it comes to politics and politicians, in any country. So, the new regional government of José Antonio Griñán (as opposed to the old government of….José Antonio Griñán) has finally launched itself into rhetoric action.
Having carefully steered the region to 33% unemployment and €30 billion in debts by not paying suppliers (imagine what would happen to us if we did that), it has finally dawned upon them that maybe this is not quite the right way to be heading and are now ‘committed’ (a well-worn PR word meaning ‘get off my back’) to job creation and economic growth ‘in the first hundred days’.
Another well-worn political (PR) phrase that is, ‘the first hundred days’. I suppose it sounds dynamic. The first question is, ‘why didn’t they adopt this approach in the previous fifteen hundred days’? Was it perhaps that they didn’t previously need the support of a ‘partner’ to cling to power?
Hopefully they don’t think that a mere €200 million Crash Plan involving planting a few trees, renovating the odd house (guaranteed no politician’s house will need renovating) and repainting a few classrooms will solve the economic woes of the region, although you never know.