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As the Puerta del Sol campout continues , we spoke with Sabina of @InquilinatoMad on fighting fatalism and "getting off the couch".

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@Nosesimentiende Es como en todas las manifestaciones ahora . El joven que esté valiente video periodista era hablando tiene sus padres huyeron Chile de Pinochet. Es una historia más interesante que (MÁXIMA DIFUSIÓN)

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Another "video journalist" on the left the second before/after his filming on Instagram stopped in Puerta del Sol Maricarmen protest getting into people's faces, goading people. Can we have no more "maxima difusión" please? Arrested thankfully.

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@Philblakeway No I went to bed.

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Good news for me , @Philblakeway and the horse shoe theory. One young person here at Puerta del Sol (I won't out them for such 'far right ' language) said "we are in a demographic winter because of the housing crisis" .

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After the rain yesterday I thought Puerta del Sol would be only the true believers in the Maricarmen protest this morning. Err not quite.

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It also kind of acknowledges counter factuals (as in, if the policy wasn't introduced would prices have risen). People wanting to larp as social conservatives and then cheerlead for buy to let are not conservative and should stop pretending to be.

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@collarte Also it notes that they (buy to let) are the real winners of large scale migration and are causing the demographic changes you criticise. So pick, you can be an economic liberal or cultural conservative but you can't piss and whige about cultural change then cheerlead buy to let

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@NativeTAgency Not for free no sorry.

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Still putting up the tents in Puerta del Sol.

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Almost every political protest or event is now (left and right) met with grifters baiting people , crying wolf then screaming 'Máxima difusión!' Puerta del Sol is no exception.

[EL PAÍS @el_pais]

DIRECTO | El agitador ultra Bertrand Ndongo ha llegado este mediodía a provocar a los acampados en la Puerta del Sol. Decenas de personas se han levantado para echarle al grito de "Fuera fascistas de nuestros barrios" https://t.co/64DCFkAD9h

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Was great to be able to sit down with Jaime last week on his desire to deliver for Madrid and leave ideology at the door.

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📰 Jaime Rincón habla en Met in Madrid sobre su incorporación a Independientes por Madrid y su apuesta por una política centrada en gestión, barrios y medidas concretas.

👉 Entrevista completa:
https://t.co/8tew7LT7m2

#independientespormadrid #madrid #municipalismo

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@EleSiniscalco Not for free sorry. I have previously seen no benefit to "exposure" , thanks.

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@JoyceSpct 1) Yes 2) No, not for free 3) Puerta del Sol, the time it was uploaded.

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Still here in Puerta del Sol and thinking, after a load of cameras and comments about how social media has changed politics in many ways for the worse. In both sides, there is an attempt to turn politics into the luxury of opposition. Ernie Bevin didn't want to be in opposition.

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@josemdominglez Es Como el gobierno conservador en Reinó Unido deciendo (después 8 anos) quieren bajar inmigración.

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Yes there's students and yes there's the mission creep but there is also a significant amount of people who work full time who came to support in Puerta del Sol. That's a fundamental break in the social contract.

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@Telegraph A childless liberal who gains elections off the back of Pedro Sanchez being in power isn't the answer to the "far right. "

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It's rule Britannia in Puerta del Sol.

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@el_pais Está aumentando aquí