Sánchez is left without a spokesperson and why it is the best news for the PSOE

Barcelona"The press may not be very successful in telling people what to think, but it is stunningly successful in telling its readers what to think about." The phrase, pronounced by political scientist Bernard Cohen in the sixties, admits many nuances adapted to the current world, in which the media no longer monopolize what is known as agenda-setting (basically, the determination of which topics are most relevant). And during the last few days, in political and journalistic circles, there was talk of nothing else but the 30 rental apartments with which the partner of the PSOE spokesperson does business.

Montse Mínguez has done nothing illegal and, in fact, she does not even participate directly in these companies. But at a time when Pedro Sánchez is presenting the elections as a referendum on the right to housing and against speculators, every second that passed with Mínguez on the list condemned him to prolong a debate that focuses on the contradictions of being a socialist. She is stepping down, they explain from the party, but it is he who celebrates it, even though internally they lament that a politician "with an irreproachable track record" has to leave.