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SNP Teams with Welsh, NI Nationalists to Split UK

4/24/2026

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The Scottish National Party pledged to work with Welsh and Northern Irish nationalist leaders to split the United Kingdom after May elections.
The SNP is on track for a Holyrood majority.
Plaid Cymru is forecast to become Wales’s largest party after the May 7 Senedd election.
First Minister John Swinney said cooperation with Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts would change the United Kingdom and boost Scottish independence.

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The Scottish National Party pledged to work with Welsh and Northern Irish nationalist leaders to split the United Kingdom after May elections.
The SNP is on track for a Holyrood majority.
Plaid Cymru is forecast to become Wales’s largest party after the May 7 Senedd election.
First Minister John Swinney said cooperation with Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts would change the United Kingdom and boost Scottish independence.