A leader of the Scottish National Party said Tuesday the Orkney and Shetland islands should have the option of staying in Britain if most islanders want that. Angus MacNeil, a member of the Westminster Parliament representing Scotland's Western Isles, told the BBC that would deprive an independent Scotland of oil revenues from areas in Shetland and Orkneys waters, The Daily Telegraph reported. He said that, regardless of whether the rest of Scotland votes for independence, "a big enough drive for self-determination" should allow the northern islands to remain in the United Kingdom. The Orkneys, relatively close to the Scottish mainland, have been part of Scotland since the country existed. The Shetlands, 50 miles north of the northernmost Orkneys, came to Scotland in the 16th century in the dowry of Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI of Scotland and James I of England. The islands could negotiate a deal in which they go with an independent Scotland in return for a larger share of oil revenue, the report said.
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