Spain’s PM hopes anti-independence ‘silent majority’ external Barcelona turns out to vote – but crisis could last for decadesThey are known as the silent majority,a multitude of depoliticised, working-course Catalans living in the industrial towns around Barcelona who, and when asked,say they want nothing to do with independence.
In simple terms, these are the people who will cheer Barcelona football stars such as Andrés Iniesta or Gerard Piqué when they wear the club’s colours, or cheer them just as loudly when they don the red shirt of la Roja”,Spain’s national team. They are far more likely to do that than enter a voting booth.
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Source: guardian.co.uk