My main point re the Wikileaks Outlander revelation was the paranoia attached to Cameron and other govt officials to avert a poss Scot indy Yes vote. As though the content of an early viewing of Outlander would ever have significantly changed the vote anyway!!! Agreed re the unison of Scot and UK govts re having the referendum but I'll never accept the propaganda war that was waged on Scotland en masse by a huge % of the media, press and even the 'partial' bbc coverage (what happened to the impartiality that the bbc always prided itself with????) that had definitely been 'infected' by UK govt 'insiders' as well as the shameless allied unionist political parties/amigos and the utter bullshit and false promises that were being made- quite shocking and never forgotten how the British state actually operates supposedly democratically(??????) in a situation like the one that I and other astounded Scots observed and listened to for months preceding 18 Sept 2014! 
A lotta folk who don't live up here will never appreciate the crass shenanigans that actually 'went on'!
Re the legality of the Catalan referendum that you mention, the view of the Catalan National Assembly and the likes of Omnium Cultural is this: 'Voting has never been a crime. In spite of Madrid's fears and threats, Catalonia has it's own laws based on international legislation and the Spanish courts no longer defend the collective interests of the Catalan people. They want to silence democracy'!! Note postal voting is already underway for residents who live outwith the region. As said previously, I'll be in Catalonia next week and, as an avid pro independence Scot, it will be a pleasure to witness the events preceding the 1 Oct vote and I'm guessing many Catalans who we encounter will reciprocate that view when they know that we come from 'Escocia'. Many Catalans were allied to the Scottish quest for independence in what they regarded as a 'common cause' and what I now regard as 'unfinished business' especially after witnessing the English nationalism/little Englander mentality that played a big part in foisting Brexit upon the UK population and this happened not long after the ludicrous insinuations from 'down south' and shameless unionist allies re 'divisive' Scottish nationalism portrayed that way because of a political name that is titled 'nationalism' and deliberately misused to suit crass political motives!! The hypocrisy of it all was clearly exposed in England preceding that shit Brexit vote where the same crass political techniques were used to deceive vast sections of an unsuspecting UK voting population!! The c#### didn't deceive a politically 'streetwise' Scottish population but that's no 'saving grace' as we are stuck with the 'better together' (ha ha ha ha!) vote!! What a con!!!
A lotta folk who don't live up here will never appreciate the crass shenanigans that actually 'went on'! Re the legality of the Catalan referendum that you mention, the view of the Catalan National Assembly and the likes of Omnium Cultural is this: 'Voting has never been a crime. In spite of Madrid's fears and threats, Catalonia has it's own laws based on international legislation and the Spanish courts no longer defend the collective interests of the Catalan people. They want to silence democracy'!! Note postal voting is already underway for residents who live outwith the region. As said previously, I'll be in Catalonia next week and, as an avid pro independence Scot, it will be a pleasure to witness the events preceding the 1 Oct vote and I'm guessing many Catalans who we encounter will reciprocate that view when they know that we come from 'Escocia'. Many Catalans were allied to the Scottish quest for independence in what they regarded as a 'common cause' and what I now regard as 'unfinished business' especially after witnessing the English nationalism/little Englander mentality that played a big part in foisting Brexit upon the UK population and this happened not long after the ludicrous insinuations from 'down south' and shameless unionist allies re 'divisive' Scottish nationalism portrayed that way because of a political name that is titled 'nationalism' and deliberately misused to suit crass political motives!! The hypocrisy of it all was clearly exposed in England preceding that shit Brexit vote where the same crass political techniques were used to deceive vast sections of an unsuspecting UK voting population!! The c#### didn't deceive a politically 'streetwise' Scottish population but that's no 'saving grace' as we are stuck with the 'better together' (ha ha ha ha!) vote!! What a con!!!