That's part of what makes this all the more dangerous.

Wars have been fought over far less serious territorial claims than the ones brought up by many of these autonomist groups.  I was just trying to make a point with this, but I'm detecting some hostility here to the point I'm making.

Europe is vulnerable to the type of fracture that I've described, and the last few years have seen Spain and the UK begin to devolve rapidly.

I think I pulled a Jerome on this.  No one likes to have their flaws pointed out, nonetheless they exist.  And Europe has a serious nationalist question to confront.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg