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New left-wing Spanish party Podemos tells hundreds in London of its success
British socialist luminaries inspired by resurgent European comrades

New Spanish anti-establishment party Podemos kicked off its tour of Britain with a bang as hundreds of campaigners assembled in London to hear the story behind its success.

Over 250 people crammed into the London Welsh Centre to hear Podemos MEP Tania Gonzalez and firebrand organiser Inigo Errejon speak alongside academic Cristina Flesher, film-director Ken Loach and journalist Owen Jones. 

The event was held by Podemos members living in London but also attracted British socialists inspired by the new party. Mr Loach, who is an outspoken critic of the Labour Party, said Podemos was an example of how to organise protest movements into a party. 

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