Kicking off in Catalonia

[greenlake]

The sedition charges showed just how rapidly a clamour for independence for the region in northeastern Spain has blown up into a grave constitutional crisis with a real threat of civil unrest.

[Lance]

A large contingent of contractors living in Swindon want independence of their town from the rest of the UK.

A large contingent of the rest of the UK would happily support them.

[GJABS]

A large contingent of contractors living in Swindon want independence of their town from the rest of the UK.

[TheGreenBastard]

We need to replicate this behaviour with the <mod snip> Jocks if they pipe up again.

[northernladyuk]

http://www.ft.com/content/5f04fe02-9...4-932067fbf946

Spanish prosecutors on Friday levelled charges of sedition against activists campaigning for Catalan independence after a week of rapidly escalating tensions in which Madrid sought to crush next weekend’s referendum on secession.

The action was brought against the leaders of two pro-independence groups that held noisy protests in Barcelona after armed Spanish police raided Catalan regional government offices earlier in the week and arrested a dozen senior officials accused of organising the vote on October 1.

The sedition charges showed just how rapidly a clamour for independence for the region in northeastern Spain has blown up into a grave constitutional crisis with a real threat of civil unrest.