Volem votar!

Well, the Scottish independence referendum was a fractious affair but at least it went no further than angry words and insults.  And even if the Westminster government had declared it illegal, I would hope it would not have deteriorated into open violence.  So the pictures and stories coming out of Spain are all the more shocking.  Here the Madrid government have sent in the police to actively disrupt the attempt by the Catalonian government to hold a referendum on independence - blockading polling stations and seizing ballot boxes.  Compare and contrast, eh?