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It has developed in exactly the way I expected so far Saint Charles Owl. I never perceived that a referendum would ever be brokered by Rajoy and his govt cohorts and that has been confirmed just as I previously referred to the fact that dealing with an intransigent government kinda calls into question the whole idea of democratically allowing or disallowing the right to vote in an autonomous region where the people want to have the vote and 'be done with it' one way or another but without Spain's interference. Puigdemont is presenting his chess move of 'following all avenues' to debate the current position in Catalonia and possibly resolve it. On the other hand, Rajoy is actually remaining intransigent and trying to 'pull' a declaration of independence. I don't think I've heard such extreme dialogue, such as sedition being mentioned, since WW2. Puigdemont will delay until all his efforts are exhausted v an intransigent opponent who has never showed great respect for Catalonia or Catalan govt officials for years and that is another part of the problem!