Scotland's First Minister, and leader of the SNP, Alex Salmond, gestures as he arrives to host a news conference in Edinburgh.Reuters
Scotland's First Minister, and leader of the SNP, Alex Salmond, gestures as he arrives to host a news conference in Edinburgh.ReutersUKIP leader Nigel Farage holds a British flag during a debate at the European ParliamentReutersBelgium's N-VA party President Bart De Wever arrives for a party meeting in Brussels.ReutersTimo Soini, leader of the True Finns, reads the newspaper as he waits to go on a MTV3 television programme in Helsinki.Reuters
The election of the Scottish National Party in last Thursday's elections to the Scottish Parliament shocked Great Britain and could even lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom. Yet the SNP is just the latest of many separatist movements to show signs of success, here we look at some of them and their leaders.