A general strike had been called across Catalonia and somewhere down there, winding through the new town on the far side of the river, a local march was building.
Surrounded by yes-men, cronies and dubious advisors, Johnson is trashing standards in public life and traditional statecraft – and Britain will be the worse for it.
As people take to the streets to demonstrate against German-led plans for stopping the war in Donbas, the views of civil society actors in east Ukraine are crucial.
