The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: The people of Spain know that the past was not a better place

In last week’s general election, voters turned away decisively from Vox, the hard-right faction that wanted the country to shift into reverse

Santiago Abascal, the hard-right Vox candidate for the presidency of Spain in last week’s election. Vox had been expected to do well and lead a new conservative-right government but instead they lost seats and support. Picture: Getty