Spain Will Impose Direct Rule Over Catalonia After Its Leader Threatens To Declare Independence. Andrew Husband News & Culture Writer Twitter. October 19, 2017. Getty Image.

Indirect rule is the default when Stormont falls primarily because “British-only” direct rule has become unacceptable to nationalists. The strength of this objection is a relatively recent ...

Spain to trigger direct rule on Catalonia to crush independence bid By Laura Smith-Spark , Claudia Rebaza and Isa Soares , CNN 3 minute read ...

Spain lifted direct rule in Catalonia after regional leaders were sworn in, concluding an unprecedented attempt by Madrid to contain a separatist push that threatened to splinter the country.

If direct rule were imposed, it would be for the first time since 2007, when Tony Blair was prime minister, the BBC reports.. It would need a law to be passed in Parliament suspending the Northern ...

Direct rule is one of the options if no agreement can be reached between parties in Northern Ireland.