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IT’S POLITICS: Bullshit in Barcelona: How not to serve your constituents

08 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Martyn Jones in Inform, educate and entertain., nationalism, Politics

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Autonomy, Catalonia, Constitution, EU, European Union, Federal State, Independence, Referendum

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Martyn Richard Jones

Gif sur Yvette 7th October 2017

Let’s face it, the recent fake referendum in Catalonia has been end to end bullshit.

It’s bullshit because that’s what you call a referendum that has no constitutional guarantees, that does not allow for an informed and plural debate and dialogue, and which is not the culmination of a process that leads to a consensual ending in the form of a collective and democratic plebiscite. It’s bullshit, because in calling the referendum and then insisting on the referendum the Catalan government have placed the public in harm’s way. Continue reading →

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