It's a fair point.

Peter Maxwell Davis's little piece 'farewell to Stromness' was written when the (Tory) guvmint of the day intended to tear up Orkney for uranium prospecting, safe in the knowledge that it is a place where they're not yet aware that the people's William has long gone to his rewards.

They were quite surprised at the public outcry!

There is, of course, no uranium to speak of in Orkney.