AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Nationalist leaders say U.K. union "coming to an end"
The first ministers of Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales united Monday behind calls to leave the United Kingdom in an unprecedented alignment of nationalist leaders. Why it matters: For the first time, all three first ministers favor leaving the U.K. — and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill says President Trump's support for a united Ireland has taken the debate global. Driving the news: The nationalist leaders of the Scottish National Party , Sinn Féin and Plaid Cymru met in Cardiff, Wales, on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding declaring that the "political landscape across these islands is changing." - The SNP's John Swinney, Sinn Féin's O'Neill and Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth met as leaders of…