[pvaldes]

"if it was another..." is political fiction. The fact is that the leader of the opposition wasn't caught partying like a teenager on Ibiza on those days. We'll never know what would happen so lets not assume a different outcome by default.

In any case, this partygate looks to me like an excuse to push the dead weight out of the car when is not useful anymore.

If he were acting as a serious PM at the same time and taking smart actions, the event could be sold easily as 'diplomatic work', hanging up with the people that counts in the public interest and so, and nobody would bat an eye. Nobody. Is just that the videos are too damaging and that damage control train has passed yet.