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I only post this because i like the song at the end of the article.
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cockburn:http://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/1507551257.html…They have the appearance of popular democracy and give the impression that important decisions are finally being made by reducing complex questions into an over-simple “yes” or “no”. They make public opinion easy to manipulate because what voters are being asked to assent to is most often wishful thinking and what they are opposing is a rag-bag of unrelated grievances. There are a great many unhappy and dissatisfied people in the three countries which have voted in referendums in the last 15 months, but no reason to suppose that their vote will make them happier or better off.
The lack of substance in promises of good things to come should be more obvious than it is. …..
…..Supporters of Brexit, Krexit and Crexit promise short-term dislocation in return for their countries achieving real independence and long term prosperity.
In fact, Britons, Kurds and Catalans are more like Edward Lear’s Jumblies, who famously went to sea in a sieve despite warnings that they would all be drowned, to which the Jumbles replied: “Our Sieve ain’t big / But we don’t care a button, we don’t care a fig / In a sieve we’ll go to sea!”
I’ve been to Catalonia. Spent a few weeks in Barcelona, years ago, back when it was off the travel radar and very affordable.
This is the Ramblas, a famous street.
Barcelona is a port city and I like port cities.
And then there’s the famous distinctive Gaudi architecture.
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