... over 30% of vote and became the second party in Scotland. Scottish nationalism has taken a strong pro-political independence stance. The SNP however, have suspended their official policy of full Scottish independence to cooperate with devolution. The official party in Scotland is undoubtedly the labour party with no prospect of displacement by the SNP; it is therefore argued that the populace are content with the given amount of devolution, curbing demands for full independence. However, nationalism in Scotland remains a substantial as the 1997 referenda in Scotland over devolution produced an emphatic 'yes' result, showing that devolution (and questionably full independence) was in popular demand. Wales, unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland is geographically much closer to England. It was formally incorporated into England in 1536 and unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland; Wales shares its legal, criminal justice and education system with England. Therefore nationalism in Wales mainly takes a cultural / ...

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