Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'The poor against the very poor, the rich have a good laugh'

This morning's refrain about the raffle drawing fat He has informed us that Nadal, now for real, is here.

The children's chant about the lottery has softened a major blow: that of the PSOE in Extremadura. The socialists have obtained a catastrophic resultThey have lost 10 seats, being the only party that has worsened its previous result. Of course, putting forward a candidate whose lead candidate is awaiting trial for Pedro Sánchez's brother won't have helped much either. The PSOE continues its freefall, unable to connect with Spanish society (even in regions like Extremadura, a former stronghold of the left), overwhelmed by the far-right wave sweeping the world, self-sabotaged by corruption cases, and vulnerable to the narrative of "I like fruit"Ayuso, who has turned Sánchez into the second most hated man in half of Spain (the first is Puigdemont, of course).

In other words, as Núria Orriols observes today, Pedro Sánchez only has Catalonia left.with Salvador Illa as president until the State considers Catalonia to be normalized and the State's protection ends.

Now, although the PP won, the snap election hasn't worked out well for them. They needed five more seats to avoid depending on Vox, and they only gained one. In other words, you call elections to get rid of Vox and you increase Vox's representation from 5 to 11 seats. The Feijóo effect, if it ever existed, hasn't worked. Spain is steadily sliding towards the far right.

And Catalonia too. The opposition of a handful of Badalona residents prevented emergency shelter from being provided to 15 of the people evicted on Wednesday from the B9 Institute. The group, numbering a few dozen, blocked the entrance to the Nuestra Señora de Montserrat parish in Badalona to prevent the implementation of the plan agreed upon between social organizations and the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion to assist several particularly vulnerable young people among those evicted. But just minutes before 8 p.m. – the scheduled opening time – the protesters stood their ground, shouting "They shall not pass!" Ultimately, Cáritas and the Red Cross decided to halt the initial plan and transferred some of the young sub-Saharan Africans to other shelters for the night.

These residents don't want immigrants because they say they'll bring insecurity to the area. The system has managed to pit the poor against the very poor, with the Badalona City Council exploiting people's fear and prejudice, the Catalan government lacking the will to resolve the situation, and the Spanish government watching from afar. Working class against immigrants who aspire to be working class. And the system, which takes advantage of both, laughs at them. Meanwhile, those evicted from the B9 housing complex have slept under the C-31 bridge in Sant Roc, between Badalona and Sant Adrià.

Good morning.