Catalan martyrs to be sung for some time yet

Thursday’s regional elections in Catalonia provide another test of separatist sentiment after Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s removal of the Catalan government. Barry Kitchener reports from Barcelona as 5.3m people decide whether or not to go to the polls.

Thursday’s regional elections in Catalonia provide another test of separatist sentiment after Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s removal of the Catalan government. Barry Kitchener reports from Barcelona as 5.3m people decide whether or not to go to the polls.

Catalonia is a nation that commemorates defeats and idolises martyrs.