were in prison after the vote last october which was deemed illegal by the spanish government thomas harrington and expert on catalonia says the spanish government is exporting divisions within the independence movement what we're seeing here is the the results of the spanish government's tactic of divide and rule and the fact that january thirtieth the two main parties of that kind of independence movement were unable to come to an agreement as to the swearing in of the actual on president and a lot of people felt quite deflated by the end of the ability of the leadership of the movement to get together at this crucial time. and so i think a lot of people are feeling wardell so i think we're in a position or a triumph where the world is feeling aggrieved to slate it because of the failure of the leadership to get together and yet you're speaking out in the streets and perhaps a more organic fashion. the portuguese island of terror sara in the atlantic is in desperate need of decontamination decades of u.s. air force activity have left it polluted with heavy metals and islanders say they're wor

kathlyn leader called a speech to man would lead to the continuation of emergency rule by madrid thomas harrington an expert on catalonia says that simply put people have had enough. what we're seeing here is the the results of the spanish government's tactic of divide and rule and the fact that i enjoy january thirtieth the two main parties of that kind of i did attend its movement were unable to come to an agreement as to the swearing in of the press a lot of people felt quite deflated by the inability of the leadership of the movement to get together at this crucial so. and so i think a lot of people are feeling worn out so i think we're in a position or a time where the world is feeling a bit deflated because of the failure of the leadership to get together and yet there is speaking out in the streets perhaps a more organic fashion. but finally the sometimes the latest news does look like nothing new the british magazine economist recently ran a front cover showing russian president vladimir putin as a meddling octopus attacking western democracies harking back back to a tried and tested formu

deemed illegal by the spanish government now to discuss this further we are joined by live by thomas harrington professor of language and culture studies at trinity college now many people were unhappy about the king's arrival to put it mildly and the mayor of barcelona even boycotted a dinner that he was attending is it surprising that he would want to visit catalonia given the hostility towards him yes or no depends on how you look at what you do since he sees himself as the king of all spaniards don't you gauge what many kind of feel is a partition and taking sides in the issue of their independence he came out with a very strong speech on october third director of research for the right after the referendum basically castigating the kind of us for having tried to do with that he did and so he's seen what the accountability is someone who is not impartial to their cause he's not acting in the role of the head of state who shouldn't many cases be above political disputes. now earlier this month the spanish government said it was considering using direct rule to bring the spanish language back

would lead to the continuation of emergency rule by the central government the catalonia expert thomas harrington says that locals have had enough. what we're seeing here is the the results of the spanish government tactic of divide and rule and the fact that on june january thirtieth the two main parties of the catalan independence movement were unable to come to an agreement as to the swearing in of the exiled out on president a lot of people felt quite deflated by the inability of the leadership of the movement to get together at this crucial time. and so i think a lot of people are feeling worn out so i think we're in a position. where the movement is feeling if the flayed because of the failure of the leadership to get together and yet they're speaking out in the streets and perhaps a more organic fashion. so that's how things are looking so i fasted i hear not say i'm angry famine i'm back with money speak in just about half an. hour to. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted over checked. so when you want to be president. some want to. have to go righ