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This is the statement of the week for me from one of the imprisoned Catalonian political prisoners, Joaquim Forn, in the midst of a hunger strike by the jailed pro-independence leaders. Thanking the support from lotsa Scots, Forn said, "The fact that in Europe, in the 21st century, we are talking about exiled and imprisoned politicians should worry the European states and citizens. The crisis being lived in Catalonia should speak to all democrats. The debate about liberties is very much alive in Europe and the world, so we cannot live turning our backs as if this debate would not concern us". I think that's exactly what it is like in the UK although there is huge support being given by people from within the population, people with a moral fabric about them!! Note these political prisoners have now endured 14 months of detention by the Spanish govt - an absolute shocker!