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01-10-2017, 07:20 PM | #26 | |||
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its not a legal referendum, so it should not be held, its that simple. Scotland can't hold a referendum without the approval of the UK government, and if they held one without permission, it would be deemed illegal too.
It may seem like an overreaction by the Spanish government, but they are effectively snuffing out an illegal peasant revolt. Perfectly acceptable for them to take action to prevent the illegal activity. |
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01-10-2017, 07:24 PM | #27 | ||
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'Nicola Sturgeon’s government just waded into a democratic crisis in Spain, while Theresa May is silent' The story is about how Nicola Sturgeon's administration has commented on the Catalonia situation but the Canary's taken the focus from that in what should have been a report on Scotland's stance to turn it into a commentary on Theresa May. They are passing off their agenda as news and that's why, like Breitbart, The Canary is utter trash. I care about Social Justice, which is why I'm opposed to The Canary as much as Breitbart because, while the latter tries to discount it, the former undermines it. Last edited by Tom4784; 01-10-2017 at 07:25 PM. |
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01-10-2017, 10:31 PM | #28 | |||
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Personally I appreciate the honesty, we should be condemning the heavy handed tactics, but guess what? We aren't.
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01-10-2017, 10:53 PM | #29 | |||
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They've voted yes to independence
Over 2million (90%) voted yes. The turnout was 42% but it doesn't include 700,000 ballot papers that were taken by the police. Last edited by Greg!; 01-10-2017 at 10:54 PM. |
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01-10-2017, 11:01 PM | #30 | ||
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It doesn't really matter though, it was already known that there's an 80 to 90% support for independence from various stats and polls, the referendum was just to get a more official declaration of that figure. Spain won't let them take independence... That's confirmed more than ever with their response in the last few days.
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01-10-2017, 11:06 PM | #31 | |||
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02-10-2017, 07:17 AM | #32 | ||
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Then again, one has to wonder why the Spanish government have had such a disproportionate and violent response if they actually believed that the vote would go their way? The sensible option would have been to let the vote go through and use it to point out that support for unity is high. Seems like they weren't confident in the result and - honestly - given the heavy handed response and police brutality that has gone on over the last few days from police forces drafted in from other regions - I would be very surprised if support for independence hasn't increased. Surely no unionist citizen of Catalonia is sitting watching their friends, coworkers and neighbours being fly-kicked and bashed with batons by armoured Spanish police and thinking "Yeah, this is fine, probably deserve it". Though actually nothing would surprise me these days. If it was the UK people would find a way to justify it. Brand the voters "thugs" or "rioters" or something... The usual script. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 02-10-2017 at 07:18 AM. |
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02-10-2017, 08:55 AM | #33 | |||
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02-10-2017, 10:26 AM | #34 | |||
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Why not just let them vote? ... Catalonia will only end up like the Ukraine if Spain continue acting like Russia.
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02-10-2017, 09:40 PM | #35 | |||
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The way i see it is the catalonians who wanted independence turned up to vote for independence.
The people of catalonia who dont want independence (not far off 50% of the population btw) seen it as the waste of time that it was and had thier siesta. The po po should have done the same and let the idiots get on with a pointless ballot. Jeremy will be up in the spanish hills in his plus fours, rifle in hand patting the backs of the rebel catalonian resistence within 5 years. |
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09-10-2017, 06:23 AM | #36 | |||
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But yesterday they spoke...and it seems to be working for now.
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09-10-2017, 08:48 AM | #37 | |||
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Unless yesterday was 'staged' by Spain to make themselves look better after their brutality.
For all we know most of those people could have been Spanish and not Catalans at all.
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09-10-2017, 11:56 AM | #38 | |||
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And the protestors from last weekend might have been turkish...
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09-10-2017, 01:53 PM | #39 | |||
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If the police hadn't been so brutal, nobody would be talking much about this.
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