An archipelago north of Scotland with a population of 20,000 is openly debating secession from Britain. A motion has been submitted in the Island Council to arrive at a different form of government for the Orkney Islands. Based on the British departure from the EU, there is already media speculation about an impending “Orkxit”.
One of the many options is to become a self-governing territory of Norway. Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday, Council leader James Stockan underlined the historically close ties to the Scandinavian country to which the archipelago once belonged.
The goal is greater economic independence, he said. The archipelago feels betrayed by the governments in London and Edinburgh. Financial contributions are considerably lower than in the Shetland Islands further north or the Outer Hebrides in the west of Scotland.
This is how the archipelago came from Norway to Scotland
Orkney was founded in 1472 as security for the dowry at the marriage of Queen Margaret of Denmark to King James III of Scotland. committed to Scotland. “On the streets of Orkney, people ask me when we’re going to return the dowry, when we’re going to be part of Norway again,” said Stockan. There is a great cultural connection with the Scandinavian countries.
The more realistic variants of independence
Thinkable for Orkney– District Chief Stockan – and probably more realistically – according to the BBC, alternative forms of government include those of the Crown Estates such as Jersey or the Overseas Territories such as Gibraltar.
Source: Krone
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