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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Eleanor Storey

Westminster’s time is coming to an end – SNP, Plaid and Sinn Féin leaders

First Ministers Michelle O’Neill, Rhun ap Iorwerth and John Swinney (Claudia Savage/Jonathan Brady/Jane Barlow/PA) -

The leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin have declared that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end” in a joint agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence.

The first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations – SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill – signed the memorandum of understanding during a meeting in Cardiff on Monday morning.

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