Not Wir Shetland policy (Kathy Greaves)
Contributors to the “web” and to Facebook do so with wide-ranging motives and may feel that they can express their views on every and all
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Candidates’ views on trust future (Jonathan Wills)
Last week I wrote to all four candidates for the Shetland seat in the Scottish Parliament, asking them if they agreed with the principle that…
READ FULL STORYSNP not for fishermen (Gary Smith)
As a fisherman and Shetlander the EU in/out referendum is a pretty major event for me and my business. Without looking too deeply into the…
READ FULL STORYVote for who you want (Robina Barton)
I gather the Liberal Democrats are circulating “hand-written” letters from Tavish Scott asking Labour and Tory voters to vote Lib Dem to keep out the
READ FULL STORYMore substance, less vitriol (John Jackson)
I was disappointed to see in last week’s Shetland Times (“…As Scott gets support from town residents,” page seven) one or two comments being attributed…
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Future of the Shetland Charitable Trust (Jonathan Wills)
As your readers may know, the Shetland Charitable Trust is at present reviewing its governance arrangements, four years after the re-organisation which reduced the number…
READ FULL STORYOperation Orphan (Julia Odie)
Last May/June I collected four pallets worth of children’s warm winter clothing which was taken to Nottingham to the charity Operation Orphan for their Keep…
READ FULL STORYHave your cake and eat it (Orkney Islands councillors)
It’s not often that you get to have your cake and eat it – but an opportunity is there for Highlands and Islands voters to do…
READ FULL STORYDysfunctional and tired (Vic Thomas)
Listening to SIC councillor Alistair Cooper, on a recent radio programme, commenting somewhat gloomily about the looming economic horizon facing Shetland was a sad reflection
READ FULL STORYA new list candidate? (Ian Selbie)
SIC councillor Amanda Westlake is apparently an SNP supporter, which she conveniently failed to disclose when she canvassed.
READ FULL STORYHighest levels of safety (Peter Buchan)
I read with interest the letter you published from Martin Forwood on your website (“Emergency tug is ‘indispensable’ “) and thought that your readers would
READ FULL STORYPomp and ceremony (Cameron Smith)
During Monday’s pomp and ceremony the SNP launched their manifesto for the islands. The central idea is an Islands Act (for surely a Bill must…
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Emergency tug is ‘indispensable’
We wholly support your campaign to retain the services of an emergency tug for the Northern Isles.
READ FULL STORYDeafening silence over steel (Andy Holt)
In the midst of the present crisis in the steel industry the silence from our masters and their mistress in Edinburgh is deafening.
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