Sánchez's 'Never Ending Holiday' Draws Dylan Parallel Amid Crisis

The column criticizes Sánchez for not appearing in person during a brutal humanitarian and political crisis, except in the first hours at the scene, to offer some truth, some lie, or the usual tons of ambiguity. Ministers have been arriving in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the North African coast, like repairmen sent by an insurance company, each missing a drill bit or a wrench and passing the job on to the next crew. The author suggests Spain has moved from a sloppy way of managing politics — recalling smashed computers, the claim that Villarejo would not lie, the plumber, Koldos and Torrentes — to a stage where no one even knows how to lie anymore, neither well nor badly, just lie.

Examples include dismissive remarks about the attic, contradictory statements about what the CNI intelligence agency said, and inconsistent weather alerts for torrential rain. The author argues that lying means knowing where the truth is and trying to hide, devalue, and defeat it.