Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish Leaders Declare Westminster’s Era Is Ending

Leaders from Plaid Cymru, the SNP, and Sinn Féin signed an agreement asserting that Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland should decide their own constitutional futures. Meeting in Cardiff, they said no Westminster government should block democracy or undermine self-determination. Scotland’s John Swinney and Northern Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill supported calls for referendums, while Wales’s Rhun ap Iorwerth offered no timetable. The agreement reflects growing nationalist pressure, although the UK government rejected further constitutional debates and prioritised economic concerns over political change