The loudest political voices can dominate attention outside election periods, making it easy to overestimate support for their positions. Parties advocating departure from the United Kingdom can attract votes because they offer an anti-Westminster option. Those votes can express dissatisfaction with Westminster rather than endorsement of separation. The judgment here is that they provide little basis for predicting an imminent breakup of the country.
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British union politics and protest votes
Votes for separatist parties can express dissatisfaction with Westminster, so loud political messaging alone does not establish that Britain is about to break up.