Spain update - SHAMEFUL!
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- Spain news update and let's be honest, what's going on in Spain at the moment can be described in one word - SHAMEFUL!
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My Spanish property is 2 km from the coast, on the eastern side of Malaga. The largest congregation of tourists that hit the beaches in summer are the Spanish from further north. They far outnumber any nationality. Last summer I was in Chamartín station in Madrid and it was like a refugee situation with thousands of people getting on the trains to Alicante which were leaving every 20 minutes. I've seen entire families rock up on the beach in the morning and they stay all day long. If anyone is leaving cigarette butts on the beach it's them. If you're an ignorant arsehole it doesn't matter what country you come from. We need to stop blaming foreigners for everything and look a bit closer to home.
In the Uk we blame the migrant’s for the country’s problems
Only the robberies and rapes!
Spanish living in Spain!How dare they! XD
@@MrCanalon I thought I'd leave this comment alone but I just can't. Spaniards live in Spain - Spaniards like to holiday in Spain. Fine, what's your problem?
They banned smoking on the beach in Fuengirola last year, the locals do not obey it!!
I totally agree, ban smoking on beaches! Cigarette butts are litter, charge the rude smokers who throw them on the ground, with littering! No trash should be near the beaches to get into the sea and harm wildlife.
Also plastic bottles, plastic toys, dogs muck and pee, bottle tops, cans, yes instead of piling on smokers everyone needs to have a good look at themselves before being so self righteous, this banning culture is absolute power control.
It's a $500 fine for tossing a butt on the ground aka: littering (in America...} Trash includes beer containers and food wrappers, which are still stuck in the sand. Folks just don't pick up after themselves. They are half animal, but even whole animals clean up after themselves.
I bet most of these self righteous anti smokers whinging on about air pollution , don’t mind polluting the atmosphere when driving their cars . The word Hypocrites comes to mind .
@@maskedavenger2578 and getting on a jet which puts out tons of carbon, but that's ok .
@@martinburn As far as I am concerned it smoking ,jet travel & owning & driving cars & other vehicles should be left to the individuals free choice . Not interfered with by the nanny state .
I was on holiday in Majorca some years ago and was horrified at the state of the beach. Every step was littered with cigarette butt's. I picked as many up as I could and took coffee cups back to the hotel. Discusting I thought. I loved to lie on the sand then. Too old now to get down that low. I agree. TAKE YR LITTER HOME.
How many years ago was this that you're talking about? In 1980? On the other hand, did you take the cigarette butts to the hotel to show them to the hotel staff to embarrass them for something that is NOT their responsibility, or did you not find public trash cans on your way to the hotel to dispose of them? Since you were in Mallorca, did you have time to go to Magaluf to pick up the beer bottles and the sea of garbage left by your compatriots and leave them at the doors of their rooms as well?
I agree about not smoking in outdoor eating establishments. Back when I smoked, I had no idea how bad it smelled. As a non smoker now, I'm amazed at just how horrible it smells to folks nearby. Though I still occasionally have a cigar and a whisky, far far from folks who don't indulge.
I'm a non smoker also but smoking outdoors is fine by me, I don't like oppressing people when what goes on the world that pales into insignificance.
Get a bloody grip
What I remember about referenda in Spain, it needs to be set for the whole of Spain. No part can organise a referendum locally.
Anything not marxist is considered faaarr right these days freewill seems to be an unwanted concept by all western politicians
Isn't the butt of the problem not smoking, that should be a freedom of choice but more what is left on the ground. Clear it up or be fined but dog muck is much worse and a real health hazard..
Best hypocritical thing about the anti smokers here, bare in mind I'm not a smoker, theyll be back and forth on holiday on a jet using enough fuel and burning enough carbon to last one smoker a 1000 years at least, but that doesn't matter.
Ban smoking on the beach what a wonderful idea!
Well they banned falling asleep and drinking alcohol on the beach - Next they will ban speaking
Perhaps after they ban smoking on beaches and in restaurants they will ban children, or more precisely the parents that cannot control their out-of-control disruptive children in a public place. Or basically, be careful what you wish for, when they run out of things to do to drivers and smokers they will come for the rest of the people in any way they can.
About 10 years ago Ibiza had the first smoking free beach in Spain
I was there & it failed & cops never had time to enforce.
Agree with you 110% about smoking beach bans. Good on you! A Canadian here.
Far Right is what used to be Right or even centre right…..politics has moved way left.
Thank you for sharing, Stu! 👍🥰👍
Stu,regarding the Spanish government taking serious action against the Catalonian government,I await it with baited breath,there's an old saying'After all is said and done, there's more said then done: I fully agree that smoking should be banned on the beach,it's a disgusting habit,John UK
Yes Stewart I totally agree no smoking on any beaches and bars in or outside. Smokers should be put in designated area's away from the majority of people wanting a pleasant time at beaches bars without the stink and passive smoke forced on them by inconsiderate people who not content with killing themselves inflict it others. As you can possibly tell I don't like it.
Welcome back to my YT recommendations. I started following you 4 years ago when I 'knew' what was going on. You disappeared off the radar till now. Good to see you again.
Agree about smoking.
Canada banned smoking in parks and beaches!
Good job Spain!
I wish they do the same with bars and restaurants!❤
Canada has become a nanny state for wussies .
It's banned in bars and restaurants in both countries. The Canadian winter bans smoking everywhere outdoors also
Great…but you’ve still got to get rid of Trudeau!
@@sufeeb what's the relation?
Totally ridiculous banning smoking in bars & restaurants . They are the sort of places where it’s natural to enjoy , a relaxing smoke of a cigarette or fine Havana cigar ,with a drink or after a good munch . I no longer smoke cigarettes myself , but I don’t see why I should be selfish & want others banned from smoking in bars & restaurants .
The thing with banning smoking in outside bars and restaurants is a huge majority of Spanish people smoke. Actually more than I expected before I moved here two years ago from Germany. It would only hurt the businesses themselves. Look at any table and at least one or more smoke. At least here in Zaragoza in fact most of my Spanish friends/family smoke. It just wouldn't work, not after the restrictions were in place during Covid.
More smokers than in Germany?! That seems either incorrect or, if true, insane. Are you referring to the entirety of Spain or just the bigger Spanish cities such as Madrid or Barcelona?
@joeshmoe883 it's true from what I've seen so far. Lived in Germany for 16 years, and after the smoking laws came in, i.e., no smoking inside. Many people gave up as they don't have the tropical climate as we do here. Plus cigarettes cost a lot more than here. But here so many people smoke, and iquos cigarettes are also very popular.
Catalunya deserves either more autonomy (i.e. keep more of the tax revenue that is taken by Madrid) or independence.
Which is then distributed to poorer regions.
Hi Stu, I couldn’t agree more with the smoking ban on beaches and would love to see it banned in bars and restaurants.
Totally agree re, smoking. It is not hard work to just put your tab ends in a bin.! And this relates to the UK also.
My wife and I visited the Alicante area and Benicassim during the Rototom reggea festival (we had no idea it was ongoing at the time) and virtually EVERYONE around was smoking cigarettes openly everywhere outside and on the beach. My wife has a thyroid related eye disease called Graves disease which is severely aggravated by cigarette smoke. I don't think it's fair for smokers to make us avoid public places due to THEIR bad habits. Improper disposal of butts is the least of it because we can't even go out in crowded areas, which is everywhere in the tourist season! IDK how Spain can afford health care costs when smokers carelessly CAUSE needless tobacco related illnesses, which ends up costing non-smokers too in terms of increased health care premiums. It's a rude and pathetic habit which should be banned!
Re:smokers. It's ironic how people who are literally trash can't use one.
Great channel 👍🇪🇸
woke up tothe yearly dose of Saharan sand here in Nazare Portugal.. one day after washing tile patios...
LOL...The media will call him far right...I'd put the winning lotto numbers on it
You are not allowed to smoke in bars in the Alicante Region.
Designated smoking areas, away from the bar and seating areas is enforced by the Police, it is the norm now.
I'm in Alicante & indoor smoking is banned here . We can smoke outside on the terrace.
The irony of going to the beach to breath the fresh sea air while standing on a beach used as an ashtray
So P,mont hates immigration but emmigrates to Belgium for 7 years whil,st on the run gday mate
On some beaches in Portugal you pick up an ash tray as you enter the beach, good idea 👍🏼
Corruption seems to be In their DNA
Man! If I ever held a high position in Spain, my 1st selection to my team would be an honest, opened book Accountant!
Spain is aching. Our institutions are weaker by the day due to the bloodsucking politicians that just want to maintain their grip on power. No one has done as much damage to the country's integrity since the transition to democracy as the PSOE with its disgusting amnesty law which has reawakened Catalonian separatists. Not only that, but the issue of immigration is practically not mentioned in the government and the ruling party keeps favouring Morocco in all its geopolitical decisions. It is also trying to cover up a huge corruption scandal during the pandemic with personal accusations against relatives of members of the opposition. It is repulsive. We need Europe to step in.
Banning cigarettes on beaches is a fabulous idea.
There was a no smoking rule during Covid.
Rose... What about owners letting their dogs crap on the beach,pavements etc a more important issue IMO.... A smoker pays tax for the privilege.... Tony cuenca
@@craphead9842 well i agree about dog poo on pavements. Horrible.
nappies should be banned...used condoms..drinks cans..etc.etc......
I a smoker the smoking ban does not bother me as I am not a beach type of person. But if I did and wanted to smoke I would come of the beach absolutely would not be a problem for me. For me it is about following the rules of the country or resort you are visiting (Palma Nova Majorca for me). In my view you respect the law of the land you are visiting and more importantly respect.
We get it here on Rhodes.
Zero problem with a ban on smoking on beaches! Respect the environment... Simple.
I agree with banning smoking on the beach, also I agree with you, and prohibit smoking in all outdoor seating areas at bars and restaurants - it's a filthy habit, and why should none smokers have to put up with it!
Do you have Hitler pic on your lounge wall ?
Stu... Air quality is great...in cuenca and santa pola.... Never felt better.... Tony cuenca
Immigration ruins most western countries just look at the UK and USA both countries going down the pan day by day .... When will politicians in Spain ever learn I guess never..Tony cuenca
No corruption to report from Spainish government
Yep positive news
I smoke, yes ban smoking on the beaches. Too many smokers don’t police their butts and it creates messes everywhere.
The Visigoths, or Western Goths, were displaced by the Han Chinese in the late 4th century, and moved west southwest, until they entered Italy and sacked Rome in 425CE. Along the way, they picked up the Christian creed, with a somewhat Orthodox flavour, and kept moving west until there was no more west left, settling in the Northern Iberian Peninsula. The Muslim invasions pushed them back into Calalunya, across the Pyrenees, and there they stayed.
West of them, along the north coast, were mainly Celts, inland, Frankish, and in the south, Romanised Carthaginians. When the Umayyad invaded, they found the Catalans by far the most multinational, with large numbers of Jews embedded, and soon the academic culture of Toledo and Girona developed a pan-cultural flavour, developing the Jewish Kabballah mysticism alongside a translation culture which transposed large amounts of First Caliphate mysticism into Latin, alongside works of Greek philosophy translated into Arabic in Baghdad and then back into Latin, which would otherwise have been lost (although hopes exist of texts from Herculaneum and Timbuktu).
Therefore, when the Muslims lost power in 1492, the new Monarchies were forced to recognise the Portuguese were their peers, and after the exhaustion of Mexican gold in the late 16th Century, regional politics became more significant, and the Civil War of the 1930s did little to suppress that. Franco may have ruled by power, he did not rule by love, and the Catalan identity has issues with fear. This has continued in recent years, and the 2017 Referendum, although declared illegal by Madrid and much sabotaged, covered a large enough area and economic base to qualify as a valid act of self-determination by a semi-autonomous Region. As it sets a painful precedent for many other Nations with semi-autonomous regions, the matter remains in abeyance.
Yes, it is a good idea to ban cigarettes on the beach. Thanks Stuart
I don’t smoke I use KY Jelly
I use strawberry blancmange.
Great news about cleaner beaches 👍 😊
Junts per Catalunya is supposedly the continuation of Convergencia i Unió... traditionally, considered centre-right, catholic party. Must say that Junts has defended quite extreme right ideas. Puigdemont, while in Belgium, was backed by the extreme right/National Front's leader. Some of their ideas around 2017 were very near to Vox's attitude to nationalistic pride.
What’s wrong with nationalistic pride ?
@@CatFisher947On principle, being proud of being born in a area can bea plus but not to detriment of other cultures or peoplefrom other regions. Catalonia was able to become a rich area of Spain because it needed a stron workforce that came mostly from the pauprized areas of Spain, that's to say, Andalucia, Extremadura, Galicia as well as certain parts of both Castillas. Let's not forget what these people went through to be able to have a dignified lite and their fights to gain consideration in Catalonia. Living in Terrassa makes it easy to understand what this meant. Mist of these people are divided between their land of origin and Catalonia forwhat it gave them. I still remember the slum area around what is now known as the Olympic Stadium un Barcelona. As well as those monstruous buildings in La Mina and other outskirts of Barcelona which were built anyway, anyhow to give a roof but no streets, no sewage and a long list of missing ítems. National Frint type ideologies are always a danger in any society.
@@erikawallace3404 Yes, I knew about that. The problem boils down to the fact that the Catalans consider themselves to be a nation within another nation’s boundaries. The Irish in England suffered the same lack of respect. Having said that, I don’t believe that VOX disrespects any of the two groups. How could they when their spokesperson isn’t from either one of them ? VOX is basically an anti-culture party, not a racist one. You can’t say that about quite a few Catalan nationalists.
@@CatFisher947 In general, I agree with what you say about Britain and would add not only the Irish but also the Scots. Vox for me is a traditionalist, Franco nostalgic party and, for this reason. Quite xenophobic. This is the kind of party that would push Catalonia to become independent, whicj os another dream... How can a small territory which has no real Catalan industry realise this kind of dream. Too many companies HQs hace left Catalionia and not come back.
I'm going to post this as an answer to some replies to my post, look at the world, wars killing thousands on a daily basis on our planet, bombs, missiles, bullets, poisonous agents used to bring about submission destroying our planet, mega cooperations digging, cutting, burning to supply our consumerism and what we focus on is smoking outdoors even though most smokers are generally responsible people, let's just get things in perspective before we isolate a certain group of people for god's sake, who knows they might come for you next, we've become so blinkered in our comfortable lives we seem to attack the easy targets.
No one will bother with this, as it is the truth, the truth is hard to swallow.
But it's there for these conformists to read.
thanks for the content mate. its starting to get cold in aus cant wait for my spanish holiday. does anyone on here have any friends that do horse riding for the camino de santiago
I think its a great idea not to smoke on the beach. They can go somewhere else to smoke if they need one.
It's better to close the beach permanently for some people. Some people have a problem with everything.
I actually bring my own ash trays to Spain when I visit. (Just in case.)
So many smoke screens that Spain cant keep up. 🙂
I agree. Smoking should be ban in everywhere!
If it was banning all plastics taken to the beach I would be happy, I think we have our priorities wrong here, cigarette butt? plastic bottle???, it should only be about cleaning up and taking things away to be disposed of, this banning culture is oppressive, we need to be careful with this.
Agree with you completely--people should clean up after themselves. Still in agreement but please observe that smokers have no compunction about tossing their butts anywhere they wish. Even people who would not consider tossing a tissue paper on the street do not think it's offensive to do so with a butt. Would you want to carry a burned out cigarette butt for one or two blocks and then toss it? Nope. Once that cigarette has burned down to a butt the smoker wants nothing to do with that burned out, saliva saturated, nicotine coated, disgusting smelling stump. Meanwhile, that carcinogenic trash gets washed down the gutter, into our groundwater, or out to see where it poisons other living things. Worse, is the filtered end of the cigarette that contains even stranger chemicals. The smoker doesn't care. My nanny town raised the cigarette tax so it costs $19 for one pack of 20. I just discovered this after seeing more old guys smoke their ciggies all the way down to their fingers.
@@archiegoodwinjr here's news for you, wars ravage across our planet killing thousands of people a day, mega corporations destroy our planet on a daily basis to keep the consumer happy, and you have the nerve to assassinate a person who smokes and cast every smoker as filthy and irresponsible, you really have got to look at the big picture and rethink your pyramid of problems.
@@archiegoodwinjrhonestly you're fixation on smokers is so narrow minded, not all smokers are irresponsible, here's the thing wars ravage this earth and people are killed in their thousands every day, bombs missiles and destruction desimates the planet, mega cooperations dig, cut, break the planet up on a daily basis for our consumerism, the seas have a collection of plastic the size of Europe gathered in the Pacific ocean and you target a smoking ban outdoors.
@@archiegoodwinjr your narrow mindedness is on par with most
@@archiegoodwinjr have a look at my overall reply, your part of it.
The EU is supposed to be one legal entity isnt it ? What a pathetic joke.
Add me to the ¨agree"column with the others below. Why say more?
Littering is all part of smokers culture Stu 🚭
Mil gracias por el vídeo Stuart.that calima really makes a mess and then you see people using jet washers to clean up. Wasting the precious water haho
And ban people ringing their friends up for ‘bragging rights’ cos they are on the beach, and shouting on video? Why?
Sounds like the SNP
If new York times publish it must be true 😢
No yet, but I am going to get some put up! 😀
On the football matter, that's the whole worldwide problem these days. Self-important, corrupt, loud-mouthed bullies pushing themselves forward into positions of authority. You may say it has always been so but one now sees that with open communications and the way society works these days, it has become much worse than the "golf club secretary" as people used to say.
Otro británico que viene aquí pensando que lo sabe todo sobre España porque lleva viviendo aquí unos meses. Estoy seguro de que al Reino Unido no le gustaría que los españoles hicieran vídeos sobre su país y fingieran saberlo todo. Dios mío 🙄
No ifs no butts - ban smoking on beaches!
I hate to break it to you, but political positions in all countries attract those types of people.
great
Went to Mallorca last July and on the beach there I presume were locals by the language stuck up cannabis spliffs. Couldn’t believe it
Personal consumption, it’s legal.
Great idea no smoking on beaches and out spaces at all restaurants in Spain
No. Bad. The rights of the non smokers and EX SMOKERS end when the rights of the smokers begin.
@@nonamenoname1544give the smokers sealed areas. You do not have the right to harm me!
I hate when you’re sitting in restaurant and people near you smoke. Wouldn’t be allowed in uk. A lot of smokers doing this are from uk
@@lesleyrobertson5465 And I hate it even more when I'm on a plane and a screaming child fries my brain for 8 straight hours. Or when in a restaurant the table next to me has 3 drunks spewing profanities and obscenities while I'm trying to have a romantic dinner with my partner. Or the electric scooters zooming at 70 km/h down the sidewalk barely missing me. Let's be realistic. Having a quiet cigarette on the terrace watching people pass by after a good lunch isn't such a terrible sin.hate it even more when I'm on a plane and a screaming child fries my brain for 8 straight hours. Or when in a restaurant the table next to me has 3 drunks spewing profanities and obscenities while I'm trying to have a romantic dinner with my partner. Or the electric scooters zooming at 70 km/h down the sidewalk barely missing me. Let's be realistic. Having a quiet cigarette on the terrace watching people pass by after a good lunch isn't such a terrible sin.
I think that it is a great idea to have smoke free beaches. Will the beaches in question be policed?
🎉Via 🎉CATALONIA🎉
and having never smoked I could not a
Cigarettes are biodegradable , the healthiest place to smoke a ciggy has got to be an open beach or open space . Also part of the enjoyment of having a meal or drink ,is to have a good smoke of a cigarette or fat cigar after it . People shouldn’t be so selfish & to begrudge smokers from having a good smoke . After all smokers have to put up with heathy people who moan .
Smoking ban, what a joke who's going to enforce it? don't get me wrong I agree with the ban, the beach I go to has a ban on dogs but all the locals walk their dogs on the beach and crap everywhere (in Spain) also cycling on the promenade is banned but never enforced by the local police, so I would say those headlines are just BS plus I see more Spaniards smoking than tourists?
Just make the smokers carry ash trays. I do where ever I go in the world. I do only smoke cigarillos with no filters. If you have never smoked, you won't understand. Smokers have been forced outside (rightly so in this day and age), don't make it more difficult for us. The ban has killed thousands of pubs in the UK. Don't let it hapen in Spain. Here in Greece, they are a little more tolerant to smokers. Yes we know it's bad for our health. Along with anything you enjoy ingesting. Where do I start?
Greece aye? Hmmm...🤔
Great they should stop smoking on all beaches
I am a smoker and I smoke when I go to the beach. The actual act off smoking is not the problem. It is the inconsiderate bunch of people who leave their cigarette butts buried in the sand. I usualy take a can of bear or fanta with me to the beach and put all my dogends in the empty tin to be disposed of in an appropriate place when I leave the beach. Many people leave banana skins and orange peel on the beach so are they going to ban eating fruit.
I agree. No smoking on the beaches!
The Spanish will lose a lot of money then start moaning keep Spain but Gibraltar is ours
Only Cannabis should be smoked in nature.....and all car parks near my house should be banned
Plant a seed, nurture the plant, put the leaf in a pipe or a brw.... prison!
The ex smokers are more taliban than the afghan taliban. ! Live and let live !
Smokers pay tax for the privilege of smoking unlike dog owners who let the animals crap all over the place... Tony cuenca
Eh, most peope who complain about disgusting smokers are NOT ex-smokers as this a small cohort compared to the general population.
@@youssef16844 100% right,Ex smoker here but i have a better solution.The smokers were banned outside,because inside was forbidden to smoke. Got no problem with that. Now a smoking-ban on terraces,why the non-smokers don,t go sit INSIDE. There it is by law forbidden to smoke,the air is clear there, airco is cooling down temperture.According the beaches,Why not as in S-Africa before,seperated beaches,Smoking and Non smoking parts,a bit apartheidsystem. But big fine,s for the smokers who don,t safe up their butts. A smoking ban for everywhere outside. The fools are getting more crazy day by day. What about a fire-ban in the forrests?? That will provide the wildfires,but no it is according to some: Our right to have aBBQ in the plane summer,and who cares when there is a wildfire again. A ban for eating sunflower-pipas on the street wouyld be very welcome aswell, have you seen the mess at busstops or other places where those parrotseedeaters are spitting out the seedskins?? Or lets forbid everything in general,only pay taxes,that would be fun, Sr Pokimont from Cataluña will steal more than the old Jordi Puyol did,and the rest will be nicked away by the ayuso family just to name a few. Come on, live and let live.
@@janvanrenselaar5998Got any proof about the Ayuso family or would that be allegedly ?
@@CatFisher947 Her brother with the masks. Or have you forgotten that??
Puigdemont is a local Hero Scotland needs a Man like him soas we can have our Scotland independant. and be able to Join the EU and be able to have free movement, in EU.
There there there
Cuanta gente opinando desde el extranjero más extranjero. Primero quieren irse de Europa, ahora que se han ido quieren seguir opinando. 😂
BAN IT TOTALLY EVERWHERE. And put the prices up so they cannot afford to buy them.
That's right. Let's also do the same for petrol, diesel and flying