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Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Déjà vu

We never learn.

Posted by Rab at 20:24

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Rab: From Catalonia to Scotland, from one stateless nation to another, I write in English mainly about politics in Spain and Catalonia, in the UK and other stuff. Born in Catalonia in the '70s, living in Scotland since 1999.

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