‘We want increased powers’ demand islanders

This is the greatest news
story I have ever read. It’s 
Shetland’s oil. I 100 per cent 
support them leaving and 
becoming a nation on their 
own.

- In terms of the debate

This has nothing to do with
the people of Shetland or Orkney etc. It’s about some greedy 
councillors pondering how to increase their budgets and extract taxes from the local industries.

- Handsome Scotsman

This looks like an 
orchestrated prelude to the northern isles becoming a Crown dependency like the Falklands with an associated referendum on whether they wish to remain “British”.

- M4rkyboy

Why not give these islands
their own independence 
referendum?

- Ancient Wisdom

The oil reserves will always
be a problem. Strictly speaking it is the UK that has dictated the extent of UK protected waters so it should have an interest in the income generated.

- SpontaneousCombustion1

There is a clear need for
peripheral communities to take more direct care of their particular interests and concerns. They are key to the survival of our 
fishing industry and will play 
a large role in the future 
renewables industry offshore.

- Rembo

Alex Salmond has provided
them with a blueprint. See the Isle of Man.

- Al Swearengen

Odd how the Scottish
Nationalist says “it’s our oil” when in actual fact it’s a little more localised than that. The same is true for whisky. Nationalism is only allowed to divide until the divide suits those who are doing the dividing.

- Mediaone

A free Borders independent
of Scotland and England. That’s my dream.

- A Friend of Fernando