♤ The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1998

♤ As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a founding member of NATO and the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy.

♤ The UK has been an active member of the EU since its accession in 1973, although it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union.

♤ However, motivated in part by frustration at a remote bureaucracy in Brussels and massive migration into the country, UK citizens on 23 June 2016 narrowly voted to leave the EU.

♤ The UK and the EU are currently negotiating the terms of the UK's withdrawal and will discuss a framework for their future relationship ahead of the UK's scheduled departure from the bloc on 29 March 2019.