In this country, every word that is said, every gesture that is made and every action that is promoted is like an exam for candidates for the presidency of the government. As we are in an election year, the exam has the characteristics of a qualifying round, sometimes full of cruelty, where the viewer observes how Sánchez and Feijóo stab each other – “look at your back, Mr. Feijóo” – an expression about “good people ” inflames juries, the name of Yolanda Díaz becomes mythical due to the mystery of her strategy and the media calculations reach extremes like this one, published yesterday: if the PSOE manages the motion of censure of Tamames-Abascal well, it can raise three points In the elections. Three points, listen!: possibly more than those granted by the minimum wage, the increase in scholarships and pensions or the entire social protection policy.
So govern for what? As the contest is going, the Moncloa tenant needs a team of accountants to write down Feijóo’s rulings, remember Rajoy’s clippings, file Zapatero’s errors, delve into the wounds of the right and distribute that body of doctrine with the order to demolish the PP. Four members of the Government, four, brandished the “good people” in a single parliamentary session. In parallel, Tezanos’ teams extract oil in their polls: abandon all hope, adversaries, that Sánchez not only continues to win, but also increases his advantage. Although Feijóo’s voting intention rises, Sánchez rises more. In the last barometer (February 17) he was 2.3 points behind.
The published opinion is astonished, because Tezanos’s accounts do not coincide with the verdict of exhaustion and thunderous division of the Government. Analysts admire that the sex offender scandal does not drive Sánchez out. Is it that criticism, however devastating it may be, passes over it without breaking it or staining it? It’s not that magical. Nothing is so magical. What happens is that the PSOE benefits from the deterioration of United We Can in the following ways: 1) It manages to lead the demonstration that demands the change of the only yes is yes, against the “bad” Belarra and Irene Montero. 2) By identifying with that majority, the PSOE represents common sense in the face of Podemite fundamentalism. 3) It also represents the centrality by placing itself between Podemos and a PP that it places on the extreme right that does not defend women. 4) In case of internal conflict in the coalition, the strongest wins and the minority even tends to extinction. 5) The Government has wizards like Félix Bolaños with the strange power to ensure, for example, in the face of embezzlement: “We had already said that there was no impunity for anyone.” And 6) It seems that there is a majority willing to understand the dependence of pro-independence parties. I am very afraid that Feijóo will not have that indulgence if he has to agree with Vox. And a final discouraging insight: Great leaders inspire little trust. If 69% of those consulted distrust Feijóo and 67% do so of Sánchez, we have a problem. A leadership problem.
remnants
War. If Putin threatens to expand borders and Biden promises to defend every inch of NATO territory, tell me what margin we have today to negotiate the end of the war.
Ageism. Lowering compensation to those over 60 years of age for being close to retirement is not only unfair, Supreme Court magistrates. It is consecrating by sentence an unconstitutional discrimination.
Waiter. There is no right for a man with clear ideas, a true public servant, a distinguished economist and, moreover, a Minister of Consumption, to have been left out of the debate on food prices.
Resist. He is under unprecedented media pressure. According to her, the PSOE denies dialogue. María Jesús Montero contradicts her every day. Associations of judges ask for her resignation. If Irene Montero continues in her position, an award must be given to her now: the prize for the Resistance.
Diaz. If the second vice president does not clarify with whom she will agree; if it is unknown how he will go to the polls; If she does not publish her program and, nevertheless, she is the best valued, the day she does all that, she will leave Sánchez, Iglesias, Feijóo and Tamames himself without space.
Flag. Míriam Nogueras had the delicacy to remove the flag of Spain in Congress. I say delicacy, because he did not break it, burn it, perform an exorcism on it, or disinfect himself after touching it. What a pity! It would have been the picture of the year.