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> The independence movement won To provide more context for readers not familiarised with this: most of the people that would have voted “No” didn’t show up to
by harperlee 8y ago
> The independence movement won
To provide more context for readers not familiarised with this: most of the people that would have voted “No” didn’t show up to vote because it was generally understood (by the noers at least) to be an illegal and non-legitimate vote and they did not want to legitimate it by voting. In those circumstances it is quite easy to get a “Yes”, but it is less clear that it is a “Win”.
- Veen 8y agoRight, turnout for the referendum was very low. But I don't imagine Madrid wants to add fuel to the fire by encouraging other separatist movements, including Scottish Nationalism (unless they want to give the Brits a poke in the eye for Gibralter, which is unlikely). There's also the Basque region.