Orkxit

[Chairman2001]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66066448

[Ellipsis]

Great PR. Maybe they'll get a better deal from the UK. Otherwise they can look at other options ...

[Gromit]

// the funding we [Orkney] get from the Scottish government is significantly less per head than Shetland and the Western Isles to run the same services //

They do not want to leave, they just want a better cut of the money.
They make the same mistake as the EU re-joiners - they assume Norway would want them. They might not.

[roopower]

I have relations living in Orkney and Orcadians have thought themselves more part of Norway than Scotland for some years.

[Old_Geezer]

Do they do speak Norwegian there as a first language ?

I reckon they're just keen on all those fjords.

[naomi24]

//Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship within the UK. //

I wonder what funding he might expect from Norway?

[Peter Pedant]

They do not want to leave, they just want a better cut of the money.

They make the same mistake as the EU re-joiners - they assume Norway would want them.

or the brexiters of cornwall - one of the highest brexit votes and also the highest beneficiaries of euro-charity -
Brexit ? you're joking, who will pay your subsidies?
answer: London of course. Jesus

[youngmafbog]

For once I agree entirely with Gromit.

[douglas9401]

Stockan's Oatcakes are top notch, not so keen on the fruitcake.

[Togo]

Will the non existent ferry have to bypass Orkney and not go directly to Shetland? (^_*)

Did someone tell the Orks that Norway was proper rich?

[tomus42]

When you hear them speak they do sound more Norwegian than British.