They got resounding support from the electorate, but then in-fighting and squabbling set in between the parties and it looks - or looked - as if the whole issue of separation might die away if left alone. Only an act of legal aggression from Madrid could change matters - and they wouldn't be so stupid as to wake sleeping dogs, would they ?
Yes.
Yesterday the Spanish Constitutional Court - which is not independent and always does what the ruling government in Madrid wants it to - declared the separation decision of the Catalan Government null and void.
Well, that will unify the various political parties in Barcelona again.
Cartoon from today's "El Punt"
