Maybe they're just mildly pro-Catalan independence but really like Vox's other policies.
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The Catalan independence movement does not have an extreme-right wing as far as I can tell.
Oh it almost certainly has. Every independence movement does. It's just not that easy to detect because the language they use before independence is a bit different. It wasn't necessarily very obvious during the irish war of independence, that a lot of the people involved were going to wind up in a fascist militia, less than a decade and a half later.
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Angry left wing populism and angry right wing populism are very frequently two sides of the same coin. History would suggest that people make the leap a lot quicker than you'd think, it just depends on the level of anger. I'm extremely pessimistic about how things are going to turn out.
Also there's always a extreme right wing tinge in every independence movement. Something to do with the whole nationalism side of things.
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Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View PostAngry left wing populism and angry right wing populism are very frequently two sides of the same coin. History would suggest that people make the leap a lot quicker than you'd think, it just depends on the level of anger. I'm extremely pessimistic about how things are going to turn out.
Also there's always a extreme right wing tinge in every independence movement. Something to do with the whole nationalism side of things.Last edited by Diable Rouge; 10-05-2019, 21:58.
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Originally posted by Diable Rouge View PostIn fairness, the SNP purged that element fairly swiftly after their own flirtation with fascism during the Thirties, and the most virulently racial the Welsh became was the burning out of English holiday homes during the Seventies. That said, the current Catalan leader, Quim Torra, has provoked controversy over previous ethnographic scribblings concerning Castilian speakers, and Araña was certainly a blood and soil advocate in his foundation myth for Basque nationalism.Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 10-05-2019, 23:33.
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https://www.ft.com/content/de3d6896-...d-7c18c0ea0201
Catalan parliament refuses to approve Sanchez's choice to lead the senate.
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The following link could easily be placed in the WTF thread:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...g-power-switch
Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who is expected to become the new Popular party (PP) president of the Madrid region, believes night-time congestion makes the city special and has pledged to reverse a project known as Madrid Central, which has dramatically cut urban pollution.
The PP’s mayor-in-waiting, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, under whose remit the scheme falls, vowed that his first action would be to “address” Madrid Central. “It was one of the pillars of our campaign,” he said. The PP would instead prioritise street cleanliness and conservation, he added
During the election campaign, Ayuso told El Pais: “I do not think [traffic jams] are a reason for enjoyment but it is a sign [of the] identity of our city, that the street is always alive.”
Congestion is “part of the life in Madrid”, she said, adding that the city’s nightlife “goes hand in hand with traffic jams”.
A reversal of the popular Madrid Central system would mark the first time a major European city had turned the clock back on clean air reform. The scheme has attracted the ire of conservatives as a totem of the outgoing Mas Madrid movement and its leftwing leader, Manuela Carmena.
Mind you, with regards to the recent elections, there are still lots of wheeler-dealing to be done, compromises to be made and decisions to be taken all over the country:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/31...73_006357.html
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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostClassic left party bollox so.
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