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WORLD_ Leaders of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Renew Call for Independence from UK ( Rachel Roberts - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

Leaders of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Renew Call for Independence from UK

The meeting followed President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend about the possibility of a unified Ireland.


(L–R) First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein President and leader of the opposition in the Irish parliament's lower house Mary Lou McDonald, First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth, and First Minister of Scotland John Swinney ahead of a summit with the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff, Wales, on Sept. 14, 2026. Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Rachel Roberts
9/15/2026|Updated: 9/16/2026

The nationalist first ministers of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland met on Sept. 14 to call for referendums on leaving the UK, saying that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end.”

For the first time since modern devolution began in 1999, the three countries all have first ministers who favor leaving the four-nation union and breaking away from the Westminster government currently led by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

The leaders from Wales’s Plaid Cymru, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), and Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 14 that said no Westminster government had the right to “block democracy.”

The meeting followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend about the possibility of a unified Ireland.

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