Scotland will gain the status of a "fully autonomous kingdom," possessing full sovereignty except for symbolic foreign diplomacy and defense, including North Sea oil and gas.
Wales and Northern Ireland will initiate "maximum devolution" negotiations.
England will establish an elected Parliament and draft a written constitution.
The existing British Parliament will be reorganized into a "United Council" responsible for coordinating regional relations and a few shared affairs.
As the speech aired, the real-time viewership curve plummeted. The public seemed tired of such meticulously packaged declarations. More straightforward comments flooded social media: "Why not just say 'the country is breaking up'?" "What about my pension?" "An English Parliament? Whoever wants to elect them can; I don't trust these people anymore."
