英国政治

Pro-independence parties bank on rethink of UK ‘status quo’ after May 7

Forecast gains for Scotland and Wales nationalists come even as no grouping has immediate roadmap for breaking away

As Labour prepares to suffer heavy losses in local councils in England on May 7, another kind of upset is brewing across the rest of the UK.

With less than two weeks until local elections day, the chance of all three devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland being led by parties seeking to break up the UK is coming into view.

According to the polls, the Scottish National Party, in power since 2007, is on the cusp of a fifth consecutive term on the back of voter disdain with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and a unionist bloc fractured by an insurgent Reform UK.

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