From Catalonia to Caledonia

Two years ago, I wrote about the double standards of many governments when dealing with the self-determination movements across the world. S...

There has been quite decent international coverage of the popular referendums on independence in Catalonia. This will be enough to anger the...

The last few weeks have seen a major controversy in Catalonia. The heirs of Agustí Centelles have sold his legacy to the Spanish Estate f...

A few days ago, I wrote how foreign correspondents write newspaper articles devoid of any insight and sometimes accuracy when reporting on p...

Sometimes I wonder what newspaper foreign correspondents get up to that their reporting is so unreliable and often just plain wrong. Many of...

It is quite extraordinary what is happening in the UK in the last few months. A few weeks ago, we woke up to discover that our elected repre...

Well, the campaign to stop shaking hands with the less-than-honourable members has not made the impact I was hoping for… never mind. I hones...

Sometimes I cannot help thinking that the BBC’s reputation for objectivity, neutrality and high journalistic standards is more a myth than r...

Since the extent of the expenses scandal became clear, I have been flabbergasted at the dishonesty and the lack of morality of the vast majo...

Perhaps, there was a point in Michael Martin becoming the Speaker of the House. Maybe the toffs needed to be told by a Glasgow shop steward ...

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will have noticed that I have not been writing about Catalan/Spanish politics for a while. Fra...

Rab is back with a scoop: the Spanish state in its present form is the legacy of Franco’s regime and it condones Fascism. OK, if you have re...

Well, let’s not get the collapse of the financial system distract us from what the Spanish state does to those who challenge their (Spanish)...

Excellent news today in Scotland: the Labour party, after decades of neglect, have been voted out. Glasgow East, one of the most deprived ar...

Once again, I am going to borrow an article from somebody else. In this case, it is from the editor and chief of the web portal VilaWeb. Vil...

The latest fallacy that has been exposed has been the explosion of Spanish nationalism following Spain’s victory in the Euro Championships. ...

There is plenty of media coverage about the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo. It is not surprising how Spain has aligned its...

This is another of Josep Vergés articles in el Racó Catala. I am happy to correct any mistakes. Original article (Catalan and English). As ...

Regular readers will have noticed that I have been not very active of late. There are a variety of reasons: + Work: the credit liquidity sq...

Another day in the Scottish elections campaign, another pathetic effort by New Labour at scaremongering and manipulation. Now it is the Prim...