Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Sánchez in free fall'

Five arrests in 24 hours related to the PSOE for alleged corruption cases and cases of alleged sexual harassment: after the Salazar case, and that of the president of the Lugo Provincial Council, Javier Izquierdo, senator and member of the party's executive committee, resigned yesterday.And yesterday, the PSOE failed to pass the deficit target, a necessary step before the budget can be processed.

I think Sánchez has run out of tricks and his repertoire of sleight of hand to shift the public discourse is exhausted. Let's look at his best cards right now:

1) Time. Christmas is coming. People aren't interested in politics. Congress won't meet again until February. However, there are elections in Extremadura on Sunday the 21st, where everything indicates that the PSOE will be severely defeated again, with a victory for the PP and Vox. But this is a bad result for the Socialists, one that has long been expected.

2) He could stage a government reshuffle, a shake-up of the cabinet in search of new momentum.

3) In this eventual reshuffle, change the spokesperson and appoint the loquacious, clever, and hardworking Minister Bolaños.

4) As they are in Moncloa, Sánchez's best card is the combined support of the PP and Vox. This is why neither Junts nor PNV want anything to do with supporting a motion of no confidence that would bring Feijóo to the presidency. But yesterday, the parties that backed Sánchez said that this isn't just a few bad apples but a widespread fire.

Depending on who you talk to, they tell you that Sánchez doesn't have more than three months left. Because he arrived as an antidote to the corruption that sank Rajoy and the PP,Now corruption is tainting people with whom Sánchez has spent countless hours working at Peugeot, in the party, and at Moncloa Palace.

Sánchez came to power with the women's vote, which makes up more than half of the electorate. It's estimated that women voted more for the PSOE than the PP, by a margin of 5%. If we look at the results on blogs, PSOE-Sumar and PP-VOX, the difference in women's votes in favor of the left would have been 13%. When women were asked whether they preferred Sánchez or Feijóo, Sánchez beat them by 10 points. And now it turns out there were accusations of sexual harassment and the party ignored them. So you see how the PSOE has squandered all that capital of the female vote.

This is the reality. And it's the worst possible scenario for the situation around us. The NATO Secretary General said yesterday: "We are Russia's next target."It's a dark time.

Good morning.