Spain to introduce some form of basic income 'as soon as possible'.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social

Enorme si es verdad

[Large Noise]

But the government's broader ambition is that basic income becomes an instrument "that stays forever, that becomes a structural instrument, a permanent instrument," she said.

Oooft.

Makes the Corbyn loss a few months ago so much more tragic. What a chance to reshape society wasted.

[katzenjammer]

I've seen this in a few places on the English speaking web but not in the Spanish press at all which seems odd.  My Vox supporting boss wouldn't have shut up about it if it was common knowledge here.  I'm wondering if it's a rumour or a mistranslation or something.

[Darles Chickens]

Was about to say the same thing. First thing I did was try to verify in the Spanish press, but didn't see anything.

Fuckwits last night making noise with pots and pans at 9pm in protest over Sánchez's handling of the crisis. Like the right would've handled it any better (if at all, judging by Bolsonaro et al's attitude towards it). Thank fuck we have a socialist government to pick up the pieces of this when it's finally over.