Shetland Islands Independence
Of all the ramifications of the Brexit vote the fate of the Shetland Islands in the North. These autonomy campaigns ran out of steam in the 1990s and remained largely dormant until the 2014 Scottish independence referendum helped resurrect the idea.
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In what is already being dubbed Shetix.
Shetland islands independence. But so too could Orkney and indeed any other part of Scotland. But so too could Orkney and indeed any other part of Scotland. During a debate on the matter councillors claimed decision-making has become increasingly centralised under the SNP adding Ms Sturgeons Government has slashed public funding for the islands.
Like all island communities Shetland population 23000 has its own distinctive politics. It recorded the fourth-highest No vote in the country in the 2014 independence referendum at 64. SHETLAND islands independence would not just have deep economic consequences for Scotland but could cause a huge national sovereignty issue for the SNP the countrys most eminent macroeconomist.
This followed reports that Shetland Islands Council had voted 18 to 2 to explore adopting a status similar to being a UK Crown Dependency. If independence was obtained the Shetland Islands would be able to retain the revenue from oil in their waters negatively impacting Scotlands finances. Shetlanders flirt with independence after Brexit vote.
The tiny Shetland Islands have launched a bid for more independence after leaders complained about becoming increasing cut off from the rest of Scotland. Being an island or a collection of islands does not give people any more right to claim autonomy or independence than being a peninsular or indeed a corner in the case of Aberdeenshire. Shetland could vote to be independent if it were given permission by the UK Government.
During Scotlands 2014 independence referendum the. It is hard to join a tide of Edinburgh-focused. THE SHETLAND Islands is looking at moves to breakaway from Scotland it has emerged.
Before the first independence referendum in 2014 the MPs and MSPs on the Shetland islands demanded that they should be given an opt-out option if the Scottish mainland voted to split from the UK. A UNIQUE SHETLAND POLITICS. Shetland also voted 565 in favour of Remain in the EU referendum lower than the 62 across Scotland as a whole.
The people of Orkney and Shetland share little of Salmonds enthusiasm for independence as was reflected in the 1997 devolution referendum. Shetland looks at independence from Scotland. Being an island or a collection of islands does not give people any more right to claim autonomy or independence than being a peninsula or indeed a corner in the case of Aberdeenshire.
Shetland could vote to be independent if it were given permission by the UK Government. The islands council has agreed to explore options for achieving. Shetland Islands Council members overwhelmingly voted 18 to two in favour of a motion to formally explore options for achieving financial and political self-determination.
However Mr MacDonald noted that the economic consequences would not be the most crucial issue. The leader of Orkney Council acknowledged we were told that his island would seek a similar solution. Its clear that there has been a growing frustration in Shetland and across Scotlands islands communities that the Scottish Government neither understands nor cares for their particular needs.
Highlands and Shetland Islands Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston pinned the blame on the SNP over its lack of care for the particular needs of the islands. The Shetlands were the only part of Britain along with the Western Isles of Scotland that voted against EEC membership in a 1975 referendum. The Shetland Islands Council pursued the idea between the 1970s and 1990s as did the pro-autonomy Shetland Movement.
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