Campbell-Sturgess said the struggle in Catalonia may heighten interest in independence for Scotland, where a movement to split from Britain narrowly lost in a 2014 referendum. "People in Scotland are watching what is happening in Catalonia with interest." Gordon McIntyre Kemp, leader of the pro-independence group Business for Scotland, said events in Catalonia and Scotland are part of a global movement toward the decentralization of power. "There's about 100 independence movements around the world," he said. They are clearly afraid independence will fuel Kurdish separatist movements inside their own borders.

Source: Bangkok Post October 11, 2017 20:15 UTC