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strikeAug 17, 2026

Monday briefing: What can Andy Burnham learn from Spain’s Pedro Sánchez?

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Good morning. To international onlookers, Pedro Sánchez appears to have achieved the impossible. Where other European leftist and left-ish premiers have flopped and flailed, the Spanish PM has endured. Since June 2018, Sánchez has ruled from Madrid, implementing a raft of progressive policies.

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  • Michael SegalovBy Michael Segalov

    Good morning. To international onlookers, Pedro Sánchez appears to have achieved the impossible. Where other European leftist and left-ish premiers have flopped and flailed, the Spanish PM has endured. Since June 2018, Sánchez has ruled from Madrid, implementing a raft of progres…

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