Why Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are pushing for independence | ABC NEWS

The SNP hold 57 seats in Holyrood and are 8 seats short of a Majority. By including The Scottish Greens who hold 15 seats, you end up with the Pro Independence Bloc in Scotland holding 72 seats out of 129, which is a clear majority of 8 seats over the 65-seat threshold. This is also the FOURTH consecutive Pro Independence Parliamentary Majority since 2011...<br><br>Although Plaid Cymru don&#39;t have a Majority in The Senedd at present, they do holds 44 seats out of 96, which is 5 seats shy of a Majority and I wouldn&#39;t bet against them gaining that in the next Senedd Elections in 5 years time!!!

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The UK has been facing death ever since the end of the Empire. However, ever since Brexit it&#39;s accelerated rapidly. The UK must re-join the EU if it&#39;s wants to be part of something bigger, it will never go back to it&#39;s glory days. The world condition has changed and the conditions that made the British Empire are no more.