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Why? I don't follow your idea. Could you explain?

Yes, it's hard to follow the logic. But still a lot of people seem to think that all Spain should vote on a referendum on whether Catalonia should be independent. Go figure.

What part you don't understand?

I'll try again.

All Spaniards have voice & vote about sovereignty, not just a bunch of Spaniards.

That is not clearer, at least to me.

>All Spaniards have voice & vote about sovereignty, not just a bunch of Spaniards.

This seems self-contradictory. Mis-typed? Or perhaps you mean it's up to all Spaniards, not just some Spaniards?

All Spaniards have the right, not only a part of Spaniards (like those living in Catalonia).

You're advocating making the people in Catalonia prisoners to the rest of Spain.

It's like saying that the Welsh should have a right to vote on the independence of Scotland.

They're saying, I think, that if you're going to have a referendum on independence, ever citizen of the existing state should vote, not just members of the proposed state. Otherwise, you could just have thousands of tiny groups of people each declaring their own independent state.

As a UK citizen, I would have preferred it if our recent referendum had been voted on by all members of the EU, rather than just British citizens.

I know you're not supposed to comment about downvotes, but seriously people? I literally asked for clarification and got -3 for it. Easy on the downvote button, people.

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