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Print Article If Brexit goes badly, it could give a boost to the governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast -- and stoke calls for greater powers Odd ANDERSEN Text size The United Kingdom has endured in one form or another for hundreds of years but between Brexit and the coronavirus, the country is creaking and some suggest it may be on the verge of breaking up entirely. England, Scotland and Wales have been joined since 1707 with Northern Ireland added in 1921 -- four parts of a single country -- but since the late 1990s each has won more devolved powers, including o...

2,755,210.0 London: The United Kingdom has endured in one form or another for hundreds of years but between Brexit and the coronavirus, the country is creaking and some suggest it may be on the verge of breaking up entirely. England, Scotland and Wales have been joined since 1707 with Northern Ireland added in 1921 -- four parts of a single country -- but since the late 1990s each has won more devolved powers, including over healthcare. That ability to steer the most important policies in a time of emergency has seen frequent fallouts with the UK's central government this year over strategi...