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Here's the new seating plan in the Spanish Parliament which has taken the country's MPs two months to agree since the last general election was held in June 2016.

Now that sounds bad, but is as nothing when you consider the fact that Spain's been without a government since October 2015 which is when the last Congress of Deputies stood down in preparation for a December 2015 general election.

The December 2015 election resulted in political stalemate with the ruling Popular Party  (Conservative) emerging as the largest single group, but without sufficient support to form a coalition government.

A further election was called in June 2016 in an effort to break the political stalemate, but the ruling PP held its ground and even improved its voting share, while all of its rivals lost ground with both PSOE (Socialists) and Podemos (an anti-austerity party) going backwards in the polls.

Something of a farce to be sure, but all the while Spanish MPs are drawing their full salaries which must be one of the few jobs in the world where people are paid to do nothing - except decide the seating arrangements.

A third round of elections now seems inevitable although these are not likely to take place until the end of December 2016.