05-03-2019 19:32 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Scottish parliament, Welsh assembly join forces to oppose Brexit

Scotland's parliament and the Welsh national assembly voted on Tuesday to oppose the Brexit deal agreed by the UK government, the first time they have done so simultaneously in a sign of the United Kingdom's internal fracture over Brexit.Britain's 52-48 percent 2016 vote to leave the EU has stretched relations between the four-nation United Kingdom because England and Wales voted to leave but a majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay.Since then, both the Scottish and the Welsh de
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