Let me start by saying that I, for one, get into all the puddles. I voted for Z.P. in 2004 (and given what we've seen, of course, I didn't vote for him again) just as I voted for P.S. in 2019 (and I won't cut off my hand because I need it for the mouse). I voted for Z.P. because I believed we needed to get rid of Aznar, a guy capable of involving a country in a war it didn't want. And for P.S. because, foolishly, I believed him when he said all that about not being able to sleep, etc. (And Casado seemed silly to me)
As Rajoy wisely pointed out, after several months in La Moncloa, P.S. had done nothing - true - but he hadn't destroyed anything either. And the greatness of democracy, contrary to what inexperienced young people often think, is not about choosing who you want to govern you. No. The real greatness of democracy is that it allows you to get rid of the one who is making your life miserable. Whether it's Z.P. or P.S. And that's what they can't do with Delcy, the Castros, Kim Yong Un… their fellow citizens.
Given these brief explanations, it is easier to delve into an even briefer one about how the PSOE of the 21st century has become a sinister left under the guidance of a solemn fool, Z.P., and a morally unblemished amoral, P.S. Something that would not have been possible, of course, without a bunch of lunatics - their cadres and affiliates - capable of running to Ferraz to shout at the top of their lungs, “...Not with Rivera, not with Rivera...”. In other words, better with the tavern keeper capable of riding contradictions.
When they chose Z.P. as the secretary general of the PSOE, I invited a man of War to lunch, to explain to me where such a gem came from. “It's a risky bet, for sure,” he explained to me. “He took the party in León twelve points ahead of the PP and comes to the general secretary in Madrid leaving it 11 points behind” ... So?... “Well, Alfonso said that before a pious Vaticanist (Bono)... anyone.”
There is no need to explain how an unscrupulous, cunning amoral, capable of anything - even attempting electoral fraud - becomes the secretary general of the PSOE. It is well known. Handsome as can be, fluent in English, son-in-law of Sabiniano… He has it all and we don’t deserve him. It's a shame that so much talent has had such poor performance. A true case of bad luck.
He already warned that his specialty was resistance. And no one can reproach him for not having fulfilled that. With a hundredth of what has happened, anyone would have resigned. And that gives an idea of the individual we are facing. And what makes it relatively difficult to predict his reactions. Relatively. Because after 8 years of seeing him daily, you come to understand that to “understand him” you must strip away any ethical and moral prejudice and take self-centredness to a level that most humans are incapable of reaching. Not even the arrogant.
Only from this perspective can the recent movements of the Prime Minister be explained, who after an entire legislature without making even a gesture, now claims he will present a Budget. In 2026. And that there will be elections in 2027. And there will be elections before the municipal ones in May. But beware! because he wants it. Because he is a democrat. And it is well known, if you present a Budget and do not get it through… you call elections. In the best tradition.
And there will be elections before the municipal ones because he intends to entrench himself in the PSOE to continue resisting (Lord, otherwise) and courting us with his persistent charm. Something that would be impossible for him if he allowed the Spaniards to vote in the municipal elections before the general ones. If he allowed them to give a kick in the backside of his mayor that he knows we are eager to give to him. Because PSOE leaders can swallow everything, be sectarian, be… but foolish, no. First, we vote out P.S. and then we vote for the mayors. Only in this way is there a possibility that his own troops do not kick him out and he continues to hold on. In short, not even with hot water. What have we done to deserve this.