BROTHERS

Brothers are not an unknown quantity in Catalan politics and indeed the family connection has sometimes appeared a little excessive when it was comes around to allocating jobs in the government. David Miliband, former secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and his younger brother Ed have battled to he last to win the prize of the party leadership. Ed, the new leader, says his victory is that of a new political generation. As they say where I como from: it sends shivers down the spine.