LETTER : Unfair to Faroes

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Thursday 18 May 1995 23:02 BST

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From Mr L H A Wilson

Sir: Phil Shaw's dismissal of the Faroe Islands as "an outcrop of rock masquerading as a nation" [Independent, 28 April] is not only crass and ignorant but is also completely wrong. While there may be no universal definition of what constitutes a nation, the Faroe Islands would satisfy most of the criteria usually applied. The Faroese have their own language which underpins a distinctive national identity and culture, and their nationhood is given political expression through their own Home Rule Parliament and Government.

L H A WILSON

Kingston-upon-Thames

1 May

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