Ruling nationalists have won regional elections in Spain's Basque country. But voters have dented their autonomy plan by denying them an absolute majority in the regional assembly.

The ruling moderate coalition, led by the Nationalist Basque Party's Juan Jose Ibarretxe, won 29 of the 75 seats, gaining just over 38% of the vote.

For many outsiders, Spain's Basque region is an area which is full of mystery, a land where both men and women dress up in basques and other assorted lingerie items and parade around for all to see.

Certainly it couldn't be further removed from the sunny Spain image promtoed by travel companies of the never popular BBC TV Soap 'Eldorado'.

The area is also a source of embarassment to many Spaniards, who presume, just because they wear womens clothing, that Basque men are all gay. That simply isn't the case. Wearing a dress doesn't make them a woofter, often quite the reverse is true. Wearing a dress has certainly never made anyone question my sexuality. I am a hot blooded hetrosexual male and I don't care who knows it.

Anyway I digress.

Here's a nice picture of a woman in some lovely underwear. I know I'd certinaly like to 'digress' her...

Posted by damian at April 27, 2005 04:19 PM