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OUR United Kingdom is in peril. Today, the Daily Express publishes the results of opinion polls highlighting the threat to rip apart the four diverse parts of the UK that have formed the world’s most successful political union.And the destructive clamour from the separatists is growing louder.

In Scotland, SNP First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is intent on demanding another independence referendum. Mark Drakeford, her Labour counterpart in Wales, claims the UK as we know it is finished.And in Northern Ireland, pressure is growing for a border poll that could cast a cloud over the province’s future.

Yet in England, some voters appear worryingly indifferent about the prospect of parts of the UK breaking away.

Over the last year, the pandemic has intensified the strains on national unity and confusion about national identity. Devolved administrations may have exploited the crisis, deliberately pursuing different lockdown timescales and policies simply to diverge from Westminster.

With crucial elections for the devolved assemblies due to be held in May, the UK is facing its biggest constitutional crisis in generations.

The Daily Express has always believed the UK is stronger than the sum of its parts economically, culturally and in terms of global influence. That is why it is today launching its Unite The Kingdom crusade to urge politicians and public figures who share our view to proudly make the positive case for strengthening the UK.

Amid the warnings, our poll gives cause for hope. There are signs the tide may be turning against the separatists.

But ultimately, the argument can only be won if the benefits of staying together are promoted and celebrated in every corner of the UK. The hour has come to Unite The Kingdom.