For the first time in the history of the United Kingdom, the governments of the three devolved nations — Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — are all in the hands of separatist parties. This situation represents an existential threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom as a unitary state.
Leaders of these three governments prepared joint independence requests. They met in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, to demand referendums on the separation of their respective nations from the rest of the United Kingdom.
The article does not specify which specific parties are in government in each nation nor what are the dates or terms of the requests made. The joint mobilisation marks an unprecedented moment in British politics, uniting independence movements that have historically acted separately.
