At the age of 89, Ramón Tamames has enjoyed his moment of glory that he longed for all these days before Vox's no-confidence motion against the central government. His photo has occupied most of the covers of national newspapers and there had never been so much talk about him, his biography, his books or his ideology. The problem is that yesterday came the day when he had to make the motion and the result was certainly not what he expected, nor what Vox expected. The motion, pending today's session, only served for Pedro Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz to take advantage of the session to hold their first major electoral rally and show their alignment as a left-wing ticket against the right-wing alternative . Given the absence of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is not a deputy and did not think it appropriate to attend the session as a stone guest, Sánchez took advantage of the gift Vox offered him to charge harshly against the party of Santiago Abascal and, in response , against the PP. All in the same bag.
Just as Unides Podemos causes great wear and tear on the PSOE, the existence of Vox is a problem for the PP and a gift for Sánchez's strategy to win the next elections. If Vox didn't exist, the president would have to invent something similar. It always appears when you need it most.
Sánchez even allowed himself to flatter the PP of Pablo Casado, who voted against Vox's first motion, and pitted him against the current one of Feijóo, who plans to abstain today. It is hard to understand why now the popular people do not keep their vote against. In any case, they gave the socialist leader the opportunity to say that Feijóo was approaching Vox and that, at this stage, if Abascal presented a third before the end of the legislature, he might get the support of the PP.
Tamames replied little to Sánchez and Díaz and not at all to all the groups that intervened in the afternoon. He seemed to care little about the impact the debate could generate. He had already made his speech and had been the star for many days, so the rest seemed secondary. Tamames was going to his. In any case, the question worth asking is what Vox was trying to do with the motion. The feeling for days is that the party has shot itself in the foot.
