Welcome to bbc news. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced steps to remove the Current Administration in catalonia and to hold fresh tim willcox is in barcelona. I am standing in the centre of barcelona, leading down to. At the tail end of a massive demonstration against the decision to oppose direct rule from madrid. You can see some live pictures now. There are tens of thousands of people at this demonstration. According to the local police, at its height the run nearly half a Million People out on the streets. It follows that crisis cabinet meetings held by Mariano Rajoy earlier today, with his cabinet in madrid. Where they said that having gone through the senate, they would invoke article 155, effectively imposing direct rule from madrid on this region of catalonia. It follows that referendum deemed illegal by madrid on october one, when separatists claim 90 of the people who voted for independence, on a turnout of just 43 . Who voted for independence, on a turn
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