I thought it was a rich part of Spain didn't want to subsidize the poorer bits - like say the south east of the UK wanted to dump the poor parts of the north.

I thought it was a rich part of Spain didn't want to subsidize the poorer bits - like say the south east of the UK wanted to dump the poor parts of the north. If the opposition is boycotting the referendum its sort of obvious the promoters of the referendum and a hidden objective