Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and its councillors have doubled down on their refusal to engage with the press and public on the situation at the helm of the local authority. All but one of the 21 islands councillors have declined to comment this week, after being warned not to speak about the sudden and ongoing absence of OIC’s chief executive, Oliver Reid. Meanwhile, council communications has begun referring press enquiries to the authority’s l…
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