Catalans vote

CATALANS vote tomorrow in a quasi-referendum on independence from Spain. 

The poll will be the latest step in a process that, according to Artur Mas, the head of Catalonia’s regional government, will lead to a unilateral split from Spain unless central government agrees to call a binding referendum on independence.

The country’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy has repeatedly ruled out the possibility of the wealthy northeastern region seceding from Spain.