'Farewell to Pepe' says David Eade

On David Eade's Gibraltar Viewpoint blog, he bids good-bye to a man who has been part of local political life for some thirty years. Although David starts his article, "The Spanish General Election will soon be upon us (November 20) and one familiar name will be missing from the hustings for the Senate in Cádiz province. José Carracao, Pepe to his many friends both side of the border, has decided he will not be running to retain his seat for the sixth time for PSOE. As the socialists seem set for a drubbing it may be a wise move but his political career does stretch back over three decades and he is now of retirement age – perhaps you could call him the Joe Bossano of PSOE." - we were saying that although the article starts like that, David is unable to finish it off without promoting his own fave candidate in the Gibraltar election, Fabian Picardo. (See the whole article here.)

'Carracao: The toll will never happen' says Panorama

GIBRALTAR / Panorama / David Eade in Spain None other than our good friend David Eade interviews the former Mayor of Jimena and now PSOE Senate spokesperson for foreign affairs José Carracao. This is his article: As the row between the government in Madrid and La Línea town hall, or PSOE and the PP – depending on which way you look at it, enters the legal phase the socialist senator José Carracao has stated emphatically – the toll will never happen. Carracao has the benefit of knowing the Campo de Gibraltar and the Rock well from his time as mayor of Jimena and president of the local association of town halls. He also speaks in the Senate for PSOE on foreign affairs with a special emphasis on Gibraltar and cross border relations.>