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There's no alternative to Catalan independence.


Carles Puigdemont

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TAVI GEVINSON If independents push too hard there is no alternative.
ANDY DUNCAN There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
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ALEX KAPRANOS True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
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