Starter: The 20 richest people in Spain have more money that 14 million impoverished Spaniards. Put another way, 1% of the population has more wealth than 70% of the population.

Main Course: 51 politicians and businessmen arrested over 250m-euro fraud in public-sector contracts.

Dessert: Whilst the Government assures that the fight against tax fraud is a top priority for them, department heads and inspectors in the Tax Office complain that most investigation is directed against small-time tax fraud instead investigating tax-fraud amongst big national companies and multinationals, where the majority of tax evasion takes place.

Coffee and liquors: Rajoy: “A few things [referring to omnipresent corruption across the land] do not portray Spain.”