The Orkney Islands are to consider plans to leave the UK and become a self-governing territory of Norway, over claims they're being 'failed dreadfully' by Westminster and Holyrood, Daily Mail reports.
A motion to look at 'alternative forms of governance' is set to go before Orkney Islands Council on Tuesday.
James Stockan, the council leader, said the islands are 'really struggling at the moment', adding that they doesn't receive fair funding.
He told the BBC: 'We are denied the things that other areas get like RET (Road Equivalent Tariff) for ferry fares. And the funding we get from the Scottish government is significantly less per head than Shetland and the Western Isles to run the same services - we can't go on as we are.'
Mr Stockan suggested looking at Crown Dependencies such as the Channel Islands or Falkland Islands, or the self-governing Denmark territory the Faroe Islands, as possible governing routes for Orkney.
