leaders may be quaking in their boots over the growing number of independence movements around the continent - but one place they may not have expected to go it alone is Canvey Island in Essex.
Residents of the area - which is cut off from the rest of the county by a system of creeks - say they want to follow the tactics of Catalonia in a bid for freedom.
Independence: A political struggle for independence has broken out on Canvey Island, Essex. The area shaded red shows that controlled by Castle Point Borough Council, from which the island wants to break away
Example: A councillor says 'islanders' should copy the tactics of people in Catalonia, pictured
Councillor Dave Blackwell said: 'Canvey people don't want to be told what to do by the mainland and they don't want to be part of Castle Point.
'It is time for us to start a move for proper independence like the Catalonians want and we must begin with a petition. It is simply not fair that there are more councillors sitting on the council from the mainland than from Canvey.
'We need our own voice to determine our own future even if that means we have to break away.'
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