"The irony of the North Sea allegedly was that the tyrant which bestrode it was the
Shetland County Council, a tiny group of home-spun farmers led by a 'Fuehrer' who had
reportedly hornswoggled some of the biggest multinationals and most sophisticated leaders
in Britain out of terms which would make Scottish Nationalists pale with
envy."--A Place in the Sun
So what does happen to 17,000 people and 550 square miles of islands when they become
the centre of attention for the media, big business and the government?
Here is one man's interpretation of events in Shetland during the past 15 years, based on
experience as a crofter, boatman, journalist, editor, broadcaster, political activist, and former
academic.
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