THE Orkney Islands might transfer to give up the UK and turn out to be a self-governing territory of Norway.
Councillors will tomorrow talk about “various governance” in a bid to be extra unbiased.
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Potentialities embody searching for the same scenario to the Faroe Islands, that are a self-governing territory of Denmark.
Orkney Council chief James Stockan mentioned each the UK and Scottish Governments had “failed dreadfully” in coping with the isle.
He advised the BBC: “We’re actually struggling.
“We have now to exchange the entire ferry fleet, which is older than the CalMac fleet.
“We’re denied issues that different areas get and funding from the Scottish Authorities is considerably much less per head than Shetland and the Western Isles to run the identical companies — we are able to’t go on as we’re.
“The dividend we get again isn’t enough to maintain us going”.
The islands had been beforehand beneath Norwegian and Danish management till changing into a part of Scotland in 1472.
Mr Stockan mentioned: “We had been a part of the Norse kingdom for longer than we had been a part of the UK.
“Folks say to me, ‘When are we going again to Norway?’
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