The disunited kingdom

The World

Boris Johnson was not the only winner in yesterday’s election in the UK. Nationalists also triumphed in Scotland and Northern Ireland. That raises questions about whether the UK can survive as a “United” Kingdom. The World’s Chris Woolf reports.

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