Here are the latest reports on Spanish socialists choose party veteran Rubalcaba as new leader
PADDY WOODWORTH THE SPANISH Socialist Party (PSOE), severely wounded after its crushing defeat by the right-wing Partido Popular (PP) in last November’s elections, chose a leader at the weekend. But the average Spanish voter could be forgiven for finding it difficult to tell that anything has changed. Alfredo P�rez Rubalcaba (60) beat his only rival for the leadership, Carme Chac�n (41), by a mere 22 votes out of 600. But Mr Rubalcaba is the same leader who presided…