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The Economic Times
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Paper signed, but what must happen before Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can leave the UK?

The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have signed a memorandum of understanding calling for constitutional change and warning that Westminster’s authority is weakening.

But the document does not begin the breakup of the United Kingdom. It is a political agreement, not a legal instrument. It does not call a referendum, change borders or give any of the three nations the power to declare independence.

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