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Aye! I concur that a perpetrator like Rajoy has been losing the political battle as soon as his antagonistic plans were hatched and violence and aggression against a peaceful campaign of self-determination was part of this strategy. The biggest disappointment for me was the lame response from certain officials of the EU and also the poor reaction from the British govt, which was nothing short of a disgrace with their own inner politics playing part in not objectively condemning the violence and even poss pulling in the Spanish Ambassador. It's no coincidence that Nicola Sturgeon was one of the few UK political leaders who 'called it as it is' and, by gum, the role of the bbc and much of the UK media (they are running an anti Scot indy ref 2 campaign on British govt orders, no doubt!!!!!) was astounding in the way they deliberately relegated the 90% yes result and hardly ever reported on Catalonia until about 16 September. The Guardian newspaper was one of the few news agencies who reported the referendum result at the front of their headline and report! The National newspaper up here in Scotland did the same as well as following the referendum campaign and detailing it with great interest.