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Burnham Signs Cardiff Declaration Mandating UK Independence Referendums
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- Prime Minister Andy Burnham signed the Cardiff Declaration demanding independence referendums for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
- The declaration obliges the three regions to hold referendums.
- Burnham will not rule out Labour adopting a second EU membership referendum for election.
- Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Labour to pledge Britain’s EU re-entry within ten years.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed a possible UK associate-member status like Canada’s.