Constant insidious poison ... drowning in it.

He says "won't interfere". Nandy said that due to the charter's strict rules for dismissal, she did not have the power to remove him. Then recharter! FFS. This is bloody intolerable.

There wasn't any conversation, I don't believe, and everything I read suggests this was all just done very quietly. One piece I read made that pretty explicit.

Fascinating, thank you very much! Will you post any links available in due course? Would be grateful!

I see them like the Democrats in the US, no belief in anything that's morally justifiable, or too cowardly to stand up for anything they might believe in, just greedy for the position for its own sake and the benefits it brings.

Belief in something, doesn't too much matter what, that can be morally justified ... that's the key. Not seeing much of it.

achieved it in the teeth of huge vested-interest opposition. Anyone interested in seeing the actual law when it's officially published, keep looking at my timeline and I'll post a link when available.

efe.com/canarias/202...

for a set period. Idea is to stop people building new property and immediately letting out, or trying to let out half of a vivienda unifamilar.

I don't have much time for political parties as such, especially not nationalist ones, but this law might achieve something, and the CC have at least ...

now have the law.

One particularly welcome aspect is the absolute requirement for a VV licence only to be granted to properties if local planning rules (not just touristic) specifically allow it - rules set by Ayuntamientos, and to properties previously used residentially, not touristically ...

The law was also opposed by the PSOE (shamefully IMO) and the nationalists Nueva Canarias (no surprise), and especially by the appalling (IMO) free-for-all letting organization ASCAV which has essentially been calling for no restrictions for the past 15 years or so.

This won't be easy, but we ...

It's like the fecking Borg ...