In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon commented on the Catalan verdict from the SNP’s ongoing autumn conference in Aberdeen, saying: “I am appalled by today’s outcome.
“These politicians have been jailed for seeking to allow the people of Catalonia to peacefully choose their own future. Any political system that leads to such a dreadful outcome needs urgent change.
“The future of Catalonia should be decided through the ballot box – not in the courts.”
Sturgeon continued: “While it is not for us to take a view on the future of Catalonia, we do have a view on the upholding of democratic expression and civil rights – and have a duty to speak up whenever and wherever those rights are under attack.
“Our thoughts and solidarity are with those sentenced today and their families.
“We will continue to encourage the Spanish and Catalan Governments to resolve their differences by mutually agreed democratic means.”
Yesterday in the British parliament Ian Blackford, parliamentary leader of the SNP, made a stirring speech in support of the criminals who were jailed in Spain yesterday for plotting and executing seditious acts to subvert the public order of Spain, a respected, democratic country in excellent standing with the EU, NATO and the Council of Europe.
His comments about Catalonia are at the start of this video.
While making his speech Blackford and the SNP MP sitting next to him can be clearly seen wearing the yellow ribbon of Catalan sedition. The SNP claims that in the event of achieving Scottish independence it will apply for Scotland to join the European Union. But that raises the worrying question of why the EU should be willing to accept a member state whose leaders have openly expressed undeniable support for a seditious attempt to wreck it.
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