A divided kingdom: pro-independence parties surge across Britain
Key takeaways
- A breakup of UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is by no means imminent, and polling showed voters were motivated by factors other than independence, but the outcome is likely to make Britain harder to govern.
- “I don’t think there can be any clearer sign that Westminster’s time is coming to an end for the people here and the people in Scotland and Wales,” she told Reuters.
- ‘SLEEPWALKING INTO THE END OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Three of the UK’s four nations are set for the first time to be governed by pro-independence parties after elections on Friday which nationalists said marked the death knell of the centuries-old union.
A breakup of UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is by no means imminent, and polling showed voters were motivated by factors other than independence, but the outcome is likely to make Britain harder to govern.
Michelle O’Neill, the Northern Ireland First Minister from Sinn Féin, which wants to end British rule of the province and unite it with Ireland, described the parliamentary votes in Scotland and Wales – held alongside English local elections – as a “moment of seismic change”.