What, no Welsh stout? (Mike Bennett)
A recent visit to Tesco made me wonder if Stuart Hill is making more inroads in his campaign for independence than most realise.
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Customer care? (Janice Pottinger)
I have found myself with a fair bit of birse up today due the lack of manners and general customer care in one of Shetland’s
READ FULL STORYIs the sheriff anti-dog? (Stella Smith)
Don’t get me wrong if you read this. I have great sympathy for any animal or person who has been attacked, but I am left
READ FULL STORYWe can see why (Allen Fraser)
The statement “If the people of Shetland don’t want it, it won’t happen”, made from the outset at the “consultation” events staged by Viking Energy,
READ FULL STORYBiased and blinkered? (Derick Herning)
Last week my wife and I went to see Nigel Spence’s film Con With the Wind. There was a capacity audience and I think most
READ FULL STORYDeluge is upon us now (Donald McDonald)
Arriving “on spec” in Shetland in June 1980, with our first child due that September, my wife and I quickly realised that we had landed
READ FULL STORYOrwellian Althing? (Gary Robinson)
The recent announcement of the Althing Debating Society’s winter programme has set me thinking – what if the Althing was run like the council?
READ FULL STORYFarcical scenario (Roddy Nicolson)
I’ve just had a look at the Shetland Charitable Trust minutes of the meeting held on 6th July. That meeting was a travesty.
READ FULL STORYFuel price rip-off (Paul Meyer)
Fuel prices in Lerwick went down to a “low” of 149.9p a litre for diesel almost a week before my last fill-up at the Highlands
READ FULL STORYA Trojan Horse (Jonathan Wills)
The recommendation of Shetland Charitable Trust’s “governance review group” ignores the case for democratically elected trustees. Those of us who have patiently presented rational, evidence-based
READ FULL STORYNo need for special status (Andy Holt)
Leaving aside the complex and to this observer arcane workings of the council and its committees, I find myself in agreement with Dr Wills’ view
READ FULL STORYAlarm bells ringing (Billy Fox)
The Public Standards Commissioner’s judgement on the complaint raised by Michael Peterson against 14 Shetland Islands councillors now raises more questions than answers.
READ FULL STORYSpirit evaporates (Robert Wishart)
The disgraceful decision of the Public Standards Commissioner is no surprise despite the warning of the controller of audit for the Accounts Commission for Scotland:
READ FULL STORYDisgraceful (Vic Thomas)
As a person who generally accepts the principle that it’s not what you do that matters most, it’s how you do it that counts, I
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