The UK left has totally misread the Catalan crisis
British progressives have been quick to jump on the pro-independence bandwagon – without assessing the real situation.
British progressives have been quick to jump on the pro-independence bandwagon – without assessing the real situation.
The regions’ have vastly differing political alliances and histories with the central Spanish state, says academic Caroline Gray.
In a cynical attempt to secure votes in the rest of Spain, the socialists have a long history of disrupting Catalan attempts at greater autonomy.
The ‘revolt’ against Madrid follows years of grassroots movements empowering people at a local, neighbourhood level.
The Spanish Parliament has voted to press ahead with a bill which will limit the ability of Spanish judges to pursue human rights cases outside the country.
Rob Marchant compares the case and chances of Scottish independence with its constitutional cousin, Catalonia.