VOX turns on Ayuso: 924 amendments and strategic patheticness
VOX has tabled 924 amendments to Ayuso's Madrid budget, a move that brings it closer to the left and exposes its strategic patheticness. Analysis of the play.
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VOX tables 924 amendments to Ayuso's budget: strategy or patheticness?
The Madrid Assembly debates the votes of no confidence in the whole budget tabled by the three opposition groups this Thursday. VOX, until now Ayuso's preferred partner, has tabled 924 amendments to the regional budget, with a focus on the "national priority". The play is nothing new: it is about marking out a profile before its electorate, but the result is a strategic patheticness that brings it closer to the left.
VOX's strategy: profile-marking or political suicide
VOX has become Ayuso's opposition, but its strategy is confusing. Tabling 924 amendments to the budget of a government it supported at the investiture is, to say the least, contradictory. Ayuso's question about where it would cut spending went unanswered, and that is a weak flank. Meanwhile, the left celebrates that VOX is joining its theses.
The strategic patheticness of the far right
Recent history shows that far-right parties tend to be short-lived or change leaders. VOX is no exception. Its attempt to present itself as an alternative to Ayuso without a clear programme of spending cuts is an exercise in patheticness. The question is whether this strategy will win it votes or simply accelerate its decline.
The awkward fact: VOX, which presents itself as the hard-right party, now finds itself voting amendments alongside the left. Strategy or plain patheticness? Time will tell.
The Madrid Assembly debates the votes of no confidence in the whole budget tabled by the three opposition groups this Thursday. VOX, until now Ayuso's preferred partner, has tabled 924 amendments to the regional budget, with a focus on the "national priority". The play is nothing new: it is about marking out a profile before its electorate, but the result is a strategic patheticness that brings it closer to the left.
VOX's strategy: profile-marking or political suicide
VOX has become Ayuso's opposition, but its strategy is confusing. Tabling 924 amendments to the budget of a government it supported at the investiture is, to say the least, contradictory. Ayuso's question about where it would cut spending went unanswered, and that is a weak flank. Meanwhile, the left celebrates that VOX is joining its theses.
The strategic patheticness of the far right
Recent history shows that far-right parties tend to be short-lived or change leaders. VOX is no exception. Its attempt to present itself as an alternative to Ayuso without a clear programme of spending cuts is an exercise in patheticness. The question is whether this strategy will win it votes or simply accelerate its decline.
The awkward fact: VOX, which presents itself as the hard-right party, now finds itself voting amendments alongside the left. Strategy or plain patheticness? Time will tell.
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