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A poll for the ITV News Tonight programme, in partnership with Santanta ComRes, revealed four in ten (39 percent) of the Welsh population are now in favour of independence from the rest of the UK. The top reason for wanting to split was the view that Wales has different social attitudes compared to the other three devolved nations (53 percent). Other reasons cited for Welsh independence included feeling that the country is historically a separate nation (51 percent), and the belief it would fare better if it was independent (46 percent).
Mark Drakeford The United Kingdom “is over” and a new union should be crafted to reflect a “voluntary association of four nations”, Wales’ First Minister has said. Mark Drakeford warned the break-up of the UK was possible if politicians only offered a “tweaking of the status quo”, and said Boris Johnson’s lack of engagement with the devolved nations undermined efforts to keep them together. His virtual appearance at the Welsh Affairs Committee today was broadcast from an outbuilding at the bottom of his garden in Cardiff, where he was said to be self-isolating “as a precaution” after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus.
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