3 Celtic Leaders Demand Independence Talks, Challenging UK After Trump's Reunification Backing
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 14
3 Celtic Leaders Demand Independence Talks, Challenging UK After Trump's Reunification Backing
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 14
Summary
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's first ministers jointly urged London to "prepare for, plan and facilitate" their independence at the first Celtic Alliance summit in Cardiff.
Their declaration said constitutional change is coming and argued their nations' future lies in the European Union, directly challenging Prime Minister Andy Burnham's refusal to allow a new Scottish referendum.
Scotland rejected independence by 10.6 points in 2014, but Brexit revived the issue and polling tracker What Scotland Thinks now shows a narrow lead for leaving the UK.
The push comes days after Donald Trump said in Dublin he would "love to see" Irish reunification and thought it would happen eventually, breaking with decades of U.S. neutrality.