UK Unionist are tacitly backing "The Heirs of Franco".

It was reported that Jeremy Corbyn has responded to Piers Morgan's claim that he was deliberately "shut out" of a conversation with Spanish Arsenal full back Hector Bellerin when the Labour leader deliberately switched into Spanish, by tweeting at both men, in Spanish.

Mr Bellerin had told Piers Morgan to "calm down mate" over the claim in his column. Mr Corbyn replied ,saying: 

"Fue un placer conocerte.Es mejor que no le digamos de lo que estabamos hablando, no lo entenderia. Muy buen juego en el partido el domingo."

In English, this translates as: 

"It was nice meeting you. It's best if we don't tell him what we were talking about, he would not understand. Very good game on Sunday."

  1987, he married Chilean exile Claudia Bracchitt this ended in divorce and he then married In 2013, Corbyn married his Mexican-born partner Laura Álvarez.

So Spanish may well be a language he is familiar with.  Maybe he could use this to call on Spanish Prime Minister  Mariano Rajoy to end his attack on democracy in Catalonia.

Earlier on Wednesday, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont accused the central government of effectively suspending devolution after it moved to seize control of regional finances to stop them being used to fund the referendum.

He said, 

"Spain has de facto suspended the self-government of Catalonia and has applied a de facto state of emergency,"
"We believe that the Spanish government has crossed the red line that separated it from repressive authoritarian regimes and has become a democratic shame." 

 

At the very least he should comment on  The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez responded to Rajoy’s comments in Barcelona by supporting : 

He said :

 you [Rajoy] will do what you have to do.

The Liberal Democrats also seem to be silent  . One would expect an emergency Motion at their annual conference but this seems not to be the case.

The silence from the UK Liberal-Left  who would have condemned  a similar attack on democracy elsewhere in the World. Politicians like Corbyn who are quick to defend the rights of Nations to seek independence as they did when the Baltic States sought and won their Independence from Russia (did Corbyn?)seem to have nothing to say as the "Heirs of Franco" seek to prevent Catalonia doing the same.

Maybe its to close to their Unionist hearts here as they see Catalonia  causing a domino effect where they are followed by Scotland.

But this is not a case of supporting a YES vote in Catalonia but the right to ask their people if they want Independence.

By remaining silent they are showing that they oppose not only the right of Nations to seek Independence  but even to consider it.

Many of us suspect if there had been any Indication in the Polls three years ago that Scotland could have voted for Independence then the Unionists  would have Blocked it.

One can ask if there is any difference between the Unionist Parties in the UK and the "Heirs of Franco in Spain?