Pablo Iglesias: How the leader of the leftist Podemos party upset Spain's elites to reach the brink of power

The brief meeting in April between Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos – the insurgent force in Spanish politics – and King Felipe, the country’s youthful king, was always going to create headlines. It came a little more than 18 months after the formation of the leftist party which surged in opinion polls after Iglesias and his colleagues called for a “new Spain”.