Brown should take a lesson from ZP

Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain was on top form last night in Malaga, where he made a surprisingly powerful speech to party members.

Play it through, even if you don’t understand Spanish. ZP has been the centre-left President of the Government since 2004, and has been fiercely criticised over the fact that Spain has been hit harder than most by the recession.

In the clip, he makes an incredibly important point that Gordon Brown would do well to repeat. Zapatero challenges Rajoy, leader of the Spanish conservative party (El Partido Popular) to be a little bit more constructive.

Here’s my rough translation of the most important part, from 0.45 to 1.08:

This is why I ask Rajoy to come and presents his proposals. I’m not asking him to take responsibility for the government, I’m asking him to take responsibility for Spanish society.

I’m not asking him to help the government, I’m asking him to help our country!

However, the PP has been surprisingly quiet as of late. Funny that.