Political inability (James J Paton)
Firstly to Alistair Carmichael’s Letter from Westminster. I must take issue with his assertion that the current minority Conservative Government “can not continue in this
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Town centre vanity project
Over the years there’s been an awful lot of codswallop been published in the letters column – I should know, I’ve written some of it…
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With reference to recent letters in The Shetland Times I wish to make it clear that the online comment in my name was in response…
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Despite the way that the Promote Shetland contract has been mishandled, I applaud Shetland Islands Council’s efforts to move the goalposts, to include attracting people
READ FULL STORYWhy not generate power locally? (John Tulloch)
The proposed new Lerwick Power Station at Rova Head was, at least, 50 percent bigger than necessary. It had double the capacity (120MW) of the…
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“Why all this has been allowed to happen should be the subject of an inquiry within the council. But it has proved itself incapable of
READ FULL STORYIt was tactical voting (John Tulloch)
Following Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael’s crushing victory over the SNP’s Miriam Brett, congratulations seem in order. Indeed, he ran a strong campaign.
READ FULL STORYVote for change (Miriam Brett)
‘Other than marching against the Iraq war through the streets of Lerwick, one of my earliest memories of being politically active was listening to Alistair…
READ FULL STORY‘Per head’ funding not fair (Duncan Simpson)
I have been relatively quiet in this general election period but there is one point which keeps cropping up (and not just in this election)
READ FULL STORYElection is wide open (John Tulloch)
The would-be main contenders like, predictably, to characterise the Orkney and Shetland election as a “two-horse race”. However, I’m not so sure.
READ FULL STORYUltimate prize is peace (Stuart Hill)
When, at a local hustings, the question was asked “Is this a two-horse race?” my answer was “Yes – me and them”. In Orkney and…
READ FULL STORYLot of words about nothing (Brian Nugent)
At the Althing debate I asked a question about food bank usage among voters in Shetland which is increasing year on year.
READ FULL STORYFrightened of losing? (Jonathan Wills)
I can’t understand why the Liberal Democrats, Tories and Labour are so very, very exercised about having a second independence referendum once we know the
READ FULL STORYVote for change (Iain Malcolmson)
“It is time to grasp the nettle of change and vote in a new generation of representation.”
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