Joe Duggan (Reporter)
AS Spain’s general election fever heats up, the leaders of Podemos and Ciudadanos have gone head-to-head in a live TV debate.
Pablo Iglesias and Albert Rivera’s face-off earned record viewing figures of 5.2 million – 25.2% of total viewing figures – for la Sexta news programme Salvados.
The debate, held in Barcelona bar Tio Cuco, covered unemployment, immigration, Catalan independence and corruption.
An El Diario poll showed 56% of viewers thought Iglesias won the debate, with 44% going for Rivera.
The young tyros are hoping to challenge Spain’s PSOE/PP duopoly when the country goes to the polls on December 20.
Now let’s have a similar debate between Rajoy and Sanchez (if they have the cojones) and see if THEY are found to be as interesting to so many people.