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by lil_cain 1881 days ago
Scotland, and NI. Which are 2/3 of the constituent "kingdoms" that were united to form the "United Kingdom".

Of course, it might not happen, but odds are rather better, in both cases, than they were pre Brexit.

Ninja Edit: This isn't to try and minimise the importance of Wales, just a recognition that at the time of the creation of the UK, the famous Encyclopaedia Britannica entry (For Wales, see England) wouldn't have been controversial in most of the UK. But even in Wales, Plaid have done very well, and become much more radical, as a result of Brexit.

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Nope, never. NI might want to leave, but it can't leave because its too dependant on the UK economically.
More so than Ireland was in 1921? And will that continue to be the case, with the NIP imposing barriers between it & GB?
I'm not sure, but given it came off the back of a war of independence (and became a civil war) it seems relative. I think the UK is in the better negotiation position, so I doubt there would be many concessions.

In any case, they'd have to adopt a hefty bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_fiscal_defici...