DISUNITED KINGDOM: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales leaders to meet tomorrow to plan breakup of UK.
First Ministers John Swinney of Scotland, Rhun ap Iowerth of Wales, and Michelle O’Neill of Northern Ireland are expected to sign a joint declaration demanding the right to hold referendums on breaking away from the UK. For the first time, the three constituent nations of the UK are held by pro-separation parties.
The Telegraph reported sources as saying that the summit’s purpose is to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham after he said in the parliament on Wednesday that he would back another Scottish independence referendum if public opinion backed one.
A source close to Swinney told the newspaper that Burnham “fucked up” by making the comment and unionists should be very worried.
Unionists might be right to worry, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that Burnham didn’t know what he was doing.