[Devongone]

I'm basically for self-determination. If Scottish people want independence I'm all for it. But independence does come at a price and an apparent desire to join the EU suggests an unwillingness to pay that price. Some of Scotland wants its shortbread and to eat it too. There is only one country within the EU with anything approaching self-determination and a lot of its people are unhappy about supporting unsuccessful confederates.

The European Union is moving in the opposite direction to Catalunya yet like the Scots, the Catalans want to remain inside it. For that reason alone I fear they are doomed to fail, despite their creative opposition to an unpleasant government, which is finding some even more unpleasant friends.