FinancialTimes

The @FT (A glimmer of hope for the future of Catalonia, July 15 2018)

claims "the [Catalan] government that made a reckless, illegal declaration of Catalonian independence in October".

Wrong. It was the @parlamentcat.

Illegal? Like all such declarations!

And the whole of tbe political leadership was all going to be prosecuted in any case. Madrid is a last master in the practice of tbe strategy of scraping around for legal reasons to get rid of uncomfortable political opponents.

"Mr Torra is a diehard separatist who owes his rapid ascent to @KRLS Puigdemont, his predecessor, who handpicked him for the premiership". 

Come off it. Why is @KRLS not the premier? Or his No. 2, @jordisanchezp? Or his No. 3, @jorditurull?

"In Barcelona the government is a mishmash of leftwing, centre-right and independent forces whose only unifying element is the goal of secession". Coalitions are now "mishmashes" are they? What other "unifying element" is to be expected? 

And there is another: It actively defends human rights and democratic values.

"Such an offer, though potentially attractive to moderate Catalan nationalists, would never satisfy intransigent secessionists". 99% of these millions of "intransigent secessionists" are former federalists who gave up any hope of such a deal ever succeeding in 2010, if not long before that. 

It's clear for all to see that a very clear majority of the Spanish electorate is opposed to constitutional reforms to appease the Catalans. Moreover, the credibility of any offer from Madrid is close to zero, thanks to a host of unfulfilled promises.

Is it true that "More autonomy in a reformed Spain is the most sensible way forward"? This was the conclusion in Catalonia in 2003. Spain disagreed. This editorial comes 15 years too late.

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