Five months before the municipal elections, José Luis Martínez-Almeida only has one thought that comforts him. Things have gone so badly for the mayor of Madrid in recent months that they can only get better. Vox has left him without budgets for this year, that is, without being able to fulfill some of the promises on which he was going to base his electoral campaign. The opposition accuses him that he has not even used the entire 2022 budget. Dwarfed by the figure of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, no other idea has occurred to him than to give interviews to highlight how much he regrets having tried to hinder his rise to the party presidency in Madrid. The image of her manager was pulverized by the scandal of the masks.