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Welsh Government Opens Commission to Weigh Independence for Wales
The Plaid Cymru government named two co-chairs for a standing National Commission for Wales that will weigh enhanced devolution, a federal United Kingdom and independence.
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Europe's self-determination movements. Scotland and Catalonia get the headlines, and the smaller referendums in Flanders and English villages get covered too.
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Second English Village Votes to Hold Independence Referendum Over Asylum Site
Barnham, a Suffolk village of about 600, voted to hold its own referendum on leaving the United Kingdom over a planned asylum site, following Piddington.
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Swinney Launches 'Choose Scotland’ Campaign, Says Scotland Will Soon Be Independent
Closing the SNP conference, John Swinney launched the Choose Scotland independence campaign and said Scotland will soon be an independent nation, despite Burnham's 'off limits' line.
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Westminster Rules Out Scottish Referendum as Burnham Calls an EU Vote “Possible”
Justice Secretary Alex Norris said Burnham's openness to an EU rerun does not reopen Scotland's 2014 vote: "the answer was the answer."
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Spain Lifts Arrest Warrant for Puigdemont, Nine Years After Catalonia’s Independence Vote
A Spanish Supreme Court judge lifted the arrest warrant for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who said the ruling solves nothing in the conflict between Catalonia and Spain.
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Welsh First Minister Tells Independence Rally ‘There’s No Turning Back’
Rhun ap Iorwerth became the first Welsh first minister to join a YesCymru march, telling a crowd organizers put at 8,000 to 9,000 that London will not acknowledge Wales's right to self-determination.
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Andy Burnham Rules Out Welsh Independence Referendum Powers
Prime Minister Andy Burnham refused to hand the Welsh Government referendum powers on September 25, three days after its four-year plan formally requested the right to decide the timing, question and process...
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Holyrood Voted 84 to 18 That Scotland Has the Right to Decide Its Own Future
Holyrood passed Swinney's motion on Scotland's right to decide its own future, 84 to 18, with Scottish Labour voting for it and Reform walking out of the chamber.
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Piddington Says It Will Ask Washington to Take It In
Piddington's parish council says it has written to President Trump and delivered a dossier to the American embassy, and could seek to become a 51st state.
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After Piddington, a Second English Village Weighs a Vote on Leaving the United Kingdom
Barnham, a Suffolk village of about 600, is weighing a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom over a government plan to house up to 1,250 asylum seekers at a nearby military site.
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An English Village Votes 285 to 26 to Leave the United Kingdom Over an Asylum Site It Was Never Asked About
Piddington, an Oxfordshire village, voted 285 to 26 for symbolic independence from the United Kingdom in protest at a Home Office plan to house 1,256 asylum seekers at a nearby former military...
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Leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Sign Declaration That “Westminster’s Time Is Coming to an End”
John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Michelle O’Neill signed a Cardiff declaration that their nations have the right to self-determination and that no Westminster government has the right to block it.
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Leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to Sign a Joint Self-Determination Declaration in Cardiff
John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Michelle O’Neill will sign a joint self-determination declaration in Cardiff on Monday, calling on Westminster to prepare, plan, and facilitate constitutional change in all three nations.
