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With Brexit, the UK may be bolstering the EU and seeding its own disintegration

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK

With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Published: 3:45pm, 29 Dec, 2020

Updated: 7:43pm, 29 Dec, 2020

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With Brexit, the UK may be bolstering the EU and seeding its own disintegration

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK

With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland