This has been a bad week for separatists all over the world

Divorce is a big "nah, nah."   Shouldn't be .... but there it is ! Wonder what happened to the Venice referendum. That's something to keep track of too. 

From EuroNews:
Spain’s parliament has overwhelmingly    rejected Catalonia’s bid to hold a referendum on independence.

After a seven-hour debate 299 lawmakers voted against, 47 voted for and one abstained.

All the major parties, including the ruling conservative People’s Party (PP), the main opposition group, the Socialists, and the centrist Union for Progress and Democracy (UPyD), voted against the petition.

Catalan and Basque nationalist parties voted in favour.
“As President of the Government I am and I will be everybody’s President,” Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said during the debate.

“I defend the permanence of Catalonia in Spain because I can’t think of Spain without Catalonia and I can’t think of Catalonia outside Spain and outside Europe,” continued Rajoy.
Catalonia President Artur Mas said he would forge ahead with his region’s plans to hold a referendum on independence in November..........