There is a “real risk” of the United Kingdom breaking up, with all four nations going their own way in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Theresa May’s cabinet has been warned.
David Lidington, the prime minister’s de facto deputy, told fellow ministers that the possibility of a disorderly no-deal exit from the EU was “sharpening” the challenge of the UK staying together.
Mr Lidington warned that the independence movement in Scotland posed a “significant and urgent political challenge”, which would increase if the Scottish National party secured a majority in the 2021 Holyrood elections.
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