Yesterday the the parliament of the North region of Belgium (Flanders) declared its independancy and the king fled the country, or so the French speaking TV reported. Big hysteria in the South of course, but (unfortunately ) it was just a spoof.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stm
The entire thing was incredibly well orchestrated: fake interviews with some politicians, a feature about a tram being stopped at the border, policemen patrolling the border, ... And the entire South swallowed it: more than 70.000 calls were made to the crisis centre and there were even people demonstrating with Belgian flags in front of the royal palace in Brussels.
CLASSIC I'M TELLING YA
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stm
The entire thing was incredibly well orchestrated: fake interviews with some politicians, a feature about a tram being stopped at the border, policemen patrolling the border, ... And the entire South swallowed it: more than 70.000 calls were made to the crisis centre and there were even people demonstrating with Belgian flags in front of the royal palace in Brussels.
CLASSIC I'M TELLING YA