For Spaniards who remember 1981, the storming of the Capitol looked eerily familiar | Giles Tremlett

The events in Spain marked the definitive end of Francoism. Will the assault on the Capitol do the same for Trumpism?

Tension was high, security was weak and a bitter handover of power was under way when violent intruders forced the people's representatives to stop their debate and cower on the floor.

Future generations of Americans will identify this as a description of events at the Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January 2021. For Spaniards, however, it fits an earlier moment in history - an assault on Madrid's parliament, the Congreso de los Diputados, on 23 February 1981.