TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Diaz Ayuso: from Twitter hound to Madrid regional chief" by HAZEL WARD
(FILES) In this file handout photo made available on September 18, 2020 by the Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid regional government) Madrid's regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso gives a press conference to announce partial lockdown measures on nearly one million people to try to slow the spread of the virus. - An outspoken hardliner who once wrote tweets for a predecessor's pooch, Madrid regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso has become the attack dog of the right for savaging Spain's leftwing government. Diaz Ayuso, who turned 42 on October 17, 2020, has hit the headlines in recent weeks for her vociferous attacks on Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for imposing a partial lockdown on Madrid. (Photo by Handout / COMUNIDAD DE MADRID / AFP)