Yolanda Díaz goes on the run

Pedro Sánchez 's poor parliamentary intervention. Alberto Núñez Feijóo 's insufficient declamation: "I am not presenting a motion of censure because I am four votes short." A stark portrait of Yolanda Díaz , who is fleeing at the most critical moment for the government of which she is second vice president . Tomorrow for Santiago Abascal . "While the Spanish people work and pay their taxes, you steal," said the Vox leader, addressing the patrons of Bar España and the TikTok crowd directly. With a similar speech, André Ventura , leader of the Portuguese far right, garnered 22.7% of the votes in the last elections in the neighboring country . Chega surpassed the Socialist Party, let us remember.

Sánchez appeared before Congress yesterday with an insufficient, threadbare, and irate line of argument . "And you even more so." Lean, tense, very tense, and lacking in ease. He refused to present a motion of confidence, and he may end up regretting it. His parliamentary partners are cooling off— ERC, visibly so—and the second vice president is disappearing. Minister Pablo Bustinduy saved Sumar's honor yesterday. There were other notable absences on the blue bench: Sara Aagesen , Fernando Grande-Marlaska , Óscar Puente ... all of whom had other commitments. A blue bench that was too empty. A blue bench that belonged to the late Adolfo Suárez .

Vox capitalizes on the most sordid parliamentary session in recent times

Sánchez would like to make it through the monsoon season, when the trials the PP still has pending for serious corruption cases begin like tropical rain. The Kitchen case will be tried in a year. A year is an eternity these days.

The PSOE still doesn't have a map of the crater it's in. That map is only known to the senior officers of the Civil Guard's central operational unit, under the orders of National Court Judge Leopoldo Puente . Under the Criminal Procedure Law, the government doesn't have to be informed of its investigations. This hasn't always been the case, but it is today. Feijóo speaks as if he knew the map. Yesterday, he warned the government that there will be more scandal.

The opposition is vast. The president of the Episcopal Conference, Luis Argüello , Archbishop of Valladolid, has just joined the procession, also calling for elections. It's been over a decade since the Spanish episcopate entered the political fray. Those were Pope Francis' instructions.

The first to panic was Yolanda Díaz, renowned in Galicia for her ability to avoid awkward situations and fallout. Yesterday, she distanced herself from the man who two years ago helped her promote Sumar and marginalize Podemos . Feijóo, who knows the drill, looked at the empty seat with a sardonic look.