who know Yolanda Diaz usually say that their ways of doing politics are marked by the placidity of the waters of the estuary and the coldness of steel of the shipyards where his father worked. In presenting her as a candidate for the presidency of the Government, she displayed both attributes. The words with which she described her idea of Spain were all love. To extremes that could surprise many. This was reflected in the comments of some of his followers who followed the event by ‘streaming’ and asked for more arnica and less softness. Not a word about Podemos. The participation of Gioconda Belli contributed to it, since it is known that Nicaraguan poetry It is unrivaled when it comes to calming the waters. Those who seek in Díaz a successor to Julio Anguita they lose time. The pulse that her government partner, Ione Belarra, has maintained with her, led to an ordeal battle, which would have delighted those who predict, not without some historical evidence, that the left of the left is condemned to wage endless wars fratricidal.
And the steel from the shipyards? He barely pointed in the speech, save for the warning that women belong to no one, nor do they admit guardianships, in which it was inevitable not to think about Pablo Iglesias. However, the act itself constituted a forceful response to the claim of Podemos to lead the space to the left of the PSOE. Díaz made doubt one of his virtues, but the rally to launch his candidacy was the complete opposite. His decision to throw down the street in the middle, even knowing that he will open the box. the thunder, it was inevitable if he didn’t want his project to be diluted in room fights. As for Sumar’s possibilities, only time and the elections will tell if his ways of doing things recover and widen the space that Podemos has lost. Whether or not a mood that clashes with the current political culture cannot be described as populist will depend on his ability to transform ideas into policies.