Thread by @joethebrew

Paul Preston, historian of Spain and Professor at LSE, gave an interview to @fm_dam for the @beaveronline. Lots of interesting stuff from an interesting guy.

So, a brief thread...

Preston is pro-referendum:

"I think that the Catalans should be allowed to vote on it."

Preston, on the Spanish judiciary and Catalan prisoners:

"There's no reason why people are held without trial for so long and face possible sentences of thirty years. It is, to say the least, somewhat unreasonable."

Preston, on the possibility of Constitutional Reform to allow for self-determination:

"There's no way the rest of Spain would vote in favour of Catalan secession because regional hatred has been carefully built and has become electorally valuable for the PP."

Preston, on modern day adoration of Franco:

"I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with the Catalan situation. I think it's all about the fact that there is still a hell of a lot people in Spain who think Franco is wonderful."

Preston, on "objectivity" and Franco:

"All my work is filtered through my own sense of morality."

"Franco was as bad as Hitler."

The article is at: beaveronline.co.uk/paul-preston-o…

The folks at Català Digital have translated the Paul Preston article from The Beaver to Spanish.

Los de @cataladigitalok han traducido el artículo sobre Paul Preston del @beaveronline al castellano:

https://twitter.com/cataladigitalok/status/1089572033338507265