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Tag: Scottish independence
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Passing the Standard
Passing the Standard Loosely inspired by stories in Norse mythology about the Raven Banner, which brought victory to the army but death to the standard-bearer. A Highlander carrying a saltire is stabbed in the back. A young girl reaches for the banner amid a sea of jeering men. For additional context you may wish to…
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Power For Us
Power For Us. Orkney can generate 100% of it’s own power from renewable sources – so much that wind turbines are turned off due to the surplus, and yet Orcadians pay the highest electricity prices in the UK and suffer some of the highest rates of fuel poverty. There are no island tariffs to reflect…
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Orkney Library receives a surprise visit
Since 2012, as a result of the ideological austerity programme being pursued by the Conservative Government at Westminster, at least 449 public libraries have closed across the UK. Scotland did not vote for this. The Scottish Government has to spend valuable time and resources trying to mitigate Tory cuts within the limits of a budget…