Cardiff (Wales), 14 September. (askanews) – The leaders of the main parties of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have declared their right to “self-determination” in a joint agreement signed during a rare meeting in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. “Our nations have a right to self-determination. No Westminster government has the right to block democracy or undermine the principle that our people will decide their own future,” reads a memorandum of understanding referring to the London-based UK Parliament. “For the first time in history, there are First Ministers in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland who believe that their countries should decide their own future,” said John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party. All three parties – the Scottish National Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru in Wales, and Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, which favors unity with Ireland – want to secede from the United Kingdom, but have differing positions on how and when that might happen. “We have the right to a referendum, we have the right to decide.” our future and we will not accept or tolerate any British Prime Minister telling us that this right is not on the table.”
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald added.
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