{"id":772473,"date":"2026-09-16T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772473\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:00:13","slug":"in-the-united-kingdom-political-leaders-from-scotland-northern-ireland-and-wales-meet-to-discuss-independence-referendums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772473\/","title":{"rendered":"In the United Kingdom, political leaders from Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales meet to discuss independence referendums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Brona Cox, 16 September 2026<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/thedigitalartist-flag-4589426_1280.jpg\" alt=\"Flag of the United Kingdom (photo credit: TheDigitalArtist via pixabay)\" title=\"Flag of the United Kingdom (photo credit: TheDigitalArtist via pixabay)\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                Flag of the United Kingdom (photo credit: TheDigitalArtist via pixabay)\n                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                            The leaders of the SNP, Sinn F\u00e9in and Plaid Cymru are meeting in Cardiff today as they seek to strengthen cooperation between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales and press the UK Government on the right to hold future independence referendums.<\/p>\n<p>SNP leader John Swinney, Sinn F\u00e9in vice president Michelle O\u2019Neill and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is understood to focus on the right of each nation to determine its constitutional future through democratic means. <br \/> Read the full article here:     \t<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/5JBA-WL5P\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOVA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Brona Cox, 16 September 2026 Flag of the United Kingdom (photo credit: TheDigitalArtist via pixabay) The leaders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-772473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}