The day PSOE members were ashamed to go to the bar

BarcelonaPolitics doesn't only happen in the corridors or offices of parliament, but also, and perhaps above all, in bars, at family dinners, or in line at the grocery store. Ideas. On Thursday, this activist, for the first time in many years, felt ashamed and stayed home.

strengthen the ideological arsenal of his troops so they are ready to fight on all fronts. And when this fails, the entire edifice collapses, and the soldiers run wild to save themselves. Since the vote of no confidence: decency. And it must be emphasized that, in this sense, corruption scandals always affect left-wing electorates more than conservatives, who are more cynical in this regard and believe that corruption has no political coloring.

The Bárcenas Papers

It's reasonable to assume that the Bárcenas papers scandal was much more serious than the Koldo case because the entire party was involved. Everyone was receiving black envelopes, and even the Génova headquarters were renovated with dirty money. It was structural corruption, while, for the moment, the PSOE's corruption seems limited to the trio of Santos Cerdán, Koldo García, and José Luis Ábalos. But this is the same. That scandal is much more lethal for the PSOE than the former was for the PP because, in the end, our member will have to agree with his neighbors when he goes to the bar and they say: "See how they're all the same?"

The details

Next Tuesday, June 17, at 7:00 p.m., a tribute to Miquel Sellarès will be held at the Ateneu Barcelonès. He was a historic independence activist who participated in the founding of the CDC and was part of the first left-wing tripartite coalition. Among the organizers are many of those who consider themselves his disciples and who served in organizations such as the EIB and the JNC.

He Red Newspaper, the media outlet founded by Pablo Iglesias, published an editorial yesterday arguing that the PSOE is no longer in a position to lead the progressive bloc in Spain and urging it to step aside and surrender so that Podemos can become the hegemonic force in the new cycle. However, the editorial admits that in this attempt, "there is a real danger that the right and the far right could govern."