[POLITICS]
WILL ORKNEY BREAK FROM SCOTLAND?
Councillors in the Orkney Islands are considering a Brexit-style break from the UK after being “failed dreadfully” by the governments in Edinburgh and London.
At a council meeting in July, council members, frustrated at the poor level of funding coming its way, voted 15 to six to explore ‘alternative modes of government’.
Among different options being explored is the idea of returning to Norway, which ruled the islands until 1472 when they came to Scotland as part of the
