Politics: Madrid goes to polls in epic battle, high tensions after death threats
MADRID goes to the ballot box today in a snap election to decide the look of the regional government in a bitter battle between left and right. Not since the 1936-39 civil war has Spanish politics seemed so polarised with echoes of the past appearing in party rhetoric as opposing sides label each other ‘reds’ and ‘fascists’. The campaign has been marked with death threat letters and bullets mailed to […]