John Swinney: I Want to Collaborate with Sinn Féin and Plaid Cymru to Break up UK

SNP vows to work with Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein to rip up United Kingdom forever

The SNP has vowed to work alongside separatist parties in Wales and Northern Ireland to rip up the United Kingdom forever after next month's local elections. While Sinn Fein already holds power in Stormont, Plaid Cymru is on course to topple Labour in the Senedd on May 7. John Swinney’s party is projected to win a majority in the Scottish Parliament - a result he argues would give him a mandate to negotiate with Westminster on a second independe…

SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid in power would 'irreversibly' change UK, John Swinney says

John Swinney has said the prospect of three nationalist administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would mean the UK is 'changed…

John Swinney suggests SNP would work with Sinn Féin to 'change the dynamics' of UK

John Swinney has suggested closer co-operation with Sinn Féin and Plaid Cymru as polls suggest the three devolved administrations could soon be led…

SNP leader: I’ll work with Plaid and Sinn Fein to break up UK

John Swinney will work 'in cahoots' with Sinn Fein to break up the UK

The First Minister is counting on a SNP majority, a Welsh nationalist government and support from Sinn Fein to help him pressure Sir Keir Starmer for an independence referendum.

SNP would work with Sinn Fein 'to change the dynamics of the UK', says Swinney

The SNP leader said the prospect of three nationalist administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast would mean the UK was "changed irreversibly".