Spain's corrupt government: the insider who couldn't solve Sanchez's problems

Prime Ministers are often judged on the company they keep.

So having your wife, brother and political mentor all appear in court to answer allegations of corruption – within a few weeks – isn’t a great look.

And yet that’s exactly the position Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s socialist PM, finds himself in, eight years after he first took up the position.

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