Cat Got Their Tongues

In this age of the Supra-National state (or so we have been told by EU Federalist's - "Ever closer union" and all that), it's perhaps surprising that some people's want to go the other way and proclaim their independence.

Spanish Police Have Long Had Something Of A Reputation ......

But they do, and democracies have to find ways to handle that. In the UK we allowed the Scottish referendum and probably face another such vote before too long.

The Rocky Road To Separatism

Scotland's eventual break away from the rest of the UK is probably inevitable, but there are still the same flies in the ointment as last time (lots of awkward questions).

Picture Of A Corps Of Cretan Gendarmes In Thessaloniki, 1912-1913

For instance, if as the Scots keep expecting, they are allowed in to the EU, without having to go through the formal application process of 5 years or so, then of course it also opens up the path for other separatist groups such as the Basque region in Spain/France, and even Corsica in France, and Crete in Greece, to go down the same path.