# Tuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for change

https://mins.news/en/item/58790

- The Guardian, 2026-09-15 05:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/tuesday-briefing-how-to-understand-wales-scotland-and-northern-irelands-joint-call-for-change

> Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin have signed a memorandum calling on Westminster to prepare for and facilitate constitutional change in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The parties affirmed their countries’ right to seek independence; Scotland and Northern Ireland’s leaders called for immediate referendums, while Plaid Cymru offered no timetable.

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