Funny how true it is that, in the UK, the focus is on personality, e.g. 'I don't like Cameron, he's smug', 'Miliband is a bit of a loser', and the rest. Sadly, in Spain, regional identity and the politics associated with that often comes into play, especially in the more regionally areas such as Catalonia or Euskadi.

As for the rest of the post – strangely true.

I can't say that this statement is entirely true. Spain has far more political parties, and though most of them are regional parties, Spain has two national minority parties, Izquierda Unida and Unión, Progreso y Democracia. I don't quite know what you mean by 'silly', but if you mean in terms of Parliamentary representation being insignificant, then the Lib Dems are a superpower compared to IU and UPyD.

Again, the idea that they don't have 'mad communist parties' is wrong. El Partido Comunista de España is the driving force behind the aforementioned IU (I forgot to mention that it is a coalition of left wing parties), and in terms of membership it is one of Spain's largest. That said, I feel that it is declining – much of its initial success in the 1980s hinged on the back of right wing resentment as a result of Franco's dictatorship.