A CLEAR majority of islanders appear in favour of additional powers for Shetland and the local authority, although it is unclear to what extent that should happen. While not claiming to meet scientific standards, the responses received to a number of further questions about reasoning, process and timescale give, perhaps, a first insight into the community’s political aspirations. In fairness, the SIC leadership has always maintained that additional powers would need to come with the appropriate funding. Advertisement 6 of 11Shetland, they said back in 2020, could be considered the odd one out for not having such powers. An anonymised document with all the responses received is now available here.