A BRITISH columnist asked on Twitter for 'someone in Spain' to explain the PSOE crisis to him, and received a flood of creative answers – including from Podemos' leader Pablo Iglesias and one of his main men, Pablo Echenique.
Owen Jones (pictured), who writes for The Guardian and The Independent – the latter now an online publication only – got more than he bargained for in explanation, with some of the best coming from @Profeta_Baruc and @ManeldHorta.
The former wrote: “Somebody put drugs in their Cola Caos,” referring to one of Spain's best-known brands of hot chocolate.
And the latter compared the protagonists in the 'soap opera' with Star Wars characters.
“Aznar = Palpatine; Felipe González = Darth Vader; Pedro Sánchez = Luke Skywalker; Susana Díaz = Leia; Rajoy = Jar Jar Binks,” said Profeta Baruc, naming Spain's right-wing PP president from 1996 to 2004; PSOE president from 1982 to 1996; current PSOE leader; regional president for Andalucía, also PSOE; and Spain's acting PP president respectively.
TV presenter Ana Pastor – not to be confused with PP Parliament leader and former public works minister – showed a snippet of a video from Game of Thrones subtitled, “He was no dragon.”
Jones, tagging Pablo Iglesias, commented: “It sounds a little bit like a reenactment of The Godfather.”
@BRDramaKing replied: “It is some kind of Falcon Crest meets The Godfather and The Addams Family, in short.”
Podemos' Pablo Echenique responded to the original question with: “Old élite licking-boots so-called 'socialist leaders' have designed a mass-media-backed coup to prevent the PSOE from choosing change [sic],” a clear reference to the division between the party over whether or not to support Rajoy by abstaining, or whether to attempt to form a coalition with Podemos.
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