Rally mocks Catalonia separatist bid

Thousands of Spaniards yesterday joined a rally in Barcelona called by a grassroots group that uses humour to mock Catalonia’s separatist push.

The group facetiously calls for the division of Catalonia into two parts. One would be for separatists who want to leave Spain and the other for those who want to remain part of Spain.

The group’s barbs include the slogan “Barcelona is not Catalonia”, which twists the separatist slogan “Catalonia is not Spain”.

The separatist movement has created Spain’s most serious political crisis in decades.