October 1st: When the E.U turned its back on Catalonia

October 1st 2017, hundreds of thousands of Catalans have mobilized en-masse to take part in a referendum on the future of Catalonia. Whatever your opinion on the question of Catalonian independence, there can be no doubt the response from the Spanish government has been heavy-handed and excessive. The only thing worse than this violence and hypocrisy is the deafening silence from other European an