Scottish, Welsh, Irish parties declare right to break from UK

Leaders of nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have signed an agreement declaring their right to self-determination from the UK. The leaders of the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru in Wales, and Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland met in Cardiff, Wales.

The agreement, described as a memorandum of understanding, states that their nations have the right to self-determination and that no UK government has the right to block democracy or undermine the principle that their people will decide their own future.

The leaders who signed the agreement are John Swinney of the Scottish National Party, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru, and Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Fein, according to Dawn.

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