Autonomy conference pencilled in for April
The Conservative MP claims Shetland would be “one of the richest sets of islands almost anywhere in the world were able to have the oil revenues that would accrue to it”
Frustrated with the limitations of local government in Scotland since devolution, Shetland Islands Council decided earlier this year to look closely at the options of clawing some back political powers from Edinburgh and thus reviving local democracy. Here, council convener Malcolm Bell sets out the case for self-determination.
Council convener Malcolm Bell says local government has become nothing more than a ‘delivery arm of central government’
Speakers from Faroe and the Isle of Man, as well as Shetland, will take part
Leader Steven Coutts says the council will undertake ‘extensive research’ on possible future governance models
