The SALF did not publish a manifesto before the Brexit vote, instead Mr Pérez held an impromptu rally in the town square where he laid out his policies, prioritizing fighting corruption and cracking down on immigration and crime.
“I want to be the next prime minister of Spain who has taken concrete steps to reform the country,” he told Politico.
“What I want is to change our democratic system and make our country a top-tier country like the UK and the US.”
Born in Seville, Pérez spent seven years in his 20s in Leeds, northern England, after volunteering with the centrist Union for Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party as a student. On returning to Spain, he worked as an adviser to the self-described liberal party Ciudadanos. But during the pandemic he has made a name for himself as a digital crusader, attacking politicians for alleged corruption, linking immigration to crime and debunking alleged cases of sexual violence.
“His argument is, [far-right party] “Vox, but his way of communicating is like a hooligan.” “He didn’t have much to lose, and his goal was to attract the attention of people who are fed up with it all,” said Javier Negre, a right-wing journalist and ally of Mr. Perez.
According to data expert Kiko Llaneras, pre-election figures show that more than three-quarters of SALF voters in the EU referendum were under 45. And while SALF male voters outnumbered female voters twice as much in the youngest demographic, they were seven times more likely to vote in the 24-44 age group.
