England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are emerging from the lockdown at different speeds, straining a union already under pressure from the Brexit vote
LONDON—The ties that bind the United Kingdom are being increasingly stretched by the coronavirus crisis.
The four nations of the U.K.—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—entered their lockdowns at roughly the same time. But they are emerging from it at different speeds, straining a union already under pressure from the Brexit vote and exposing a Byzantine governance structure that prevents Prime Minister Boris Johnson from dictating a nationwide pandemic response.
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