Spanish doorstep protests start to hit home

Spanish protesters seeking to stop a wave of evictions have resorted to embarrassing politicians at their homes over harsh mortgage laws.

Protesters have posted flyers and shouted slogans on the doorsteps of a number of politicians over the past fortnight.

A furious government this week vowed to punish campaigners it accuses of harassing members of the ruling People’s Party after one said protesters had banged on his door and shouted insults while his children were in the house.

“We all have a right to defend our ideas, but intimidation can never be a form of participating in public issues,” prime minister Mariano Rajoy, targeted by an attempted protest at his wilderness retreat last weekend, told his party on Wednesday.