Mariano Rajoy was unceremoniously dumped as Spain’s prime minister after losing a motion of no-confidence vote sparked by fury over corruption that has embroiled his ruling Popular Party (PP) .
The narrow result against Mr Rajoy saw him automatically replaced by Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the Socialist Party (PSOE), which tabled the motion after the PP’s former treasurer and a host of other former party officials were found guilty of profiting from a slush fund.
Rajoy, who had forged a reputation as a great political survivor before the abrupt end to his six-and-a-half-year rule, told Congress before Friday’s vote that it had been “an honour to be prime minister and leave Spain in a better.
.telegraph
