Regarding your editorial on the results of the Spanish election (24 July), it is perhaps worth considering that while it is a huge relief to see the radical-right Vox party come out of the election in a significantly worse place than they were before, the position of the pro-Catalan separatist Junts party as a possible kingmaker is equally worrying.
As you rightly say, the cause of Catalan independence has lost its edge in recent years thanks to the handling of the situation by the Socialists (PSOE) led by Pedro Sánchez – a long way from the “referendum” held under the previous conservative People’s party (PP) administration and the ensuing violence.
