Would the United Kingdom survive an exit from the EU?

All the talk of a Brexit seems to have ignored one salient fact: that a British withdrawal from the EU would spark a constitutional crisis regarding the devolution settlement, and potentially lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom.

• Primary Source

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Scottish and Welsh nationalists pledge to stop the English leaving EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/scottish-and-welsh-nationalists-pledge-to-stop-the-english-leaving-eu/

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