Stories tagged with Tag: SNP

Biagi tries to spin a yarn (John Tulloch)

Thank you for your report in today’s Shetland Times on Our Islands, Our Future (OIOF)’s sub-glacial progress on devolution.

February 26, 2016 | 10.52am

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Holyrood-driven cut is the ‘last straw’ (John Tulloch)

Shetland Islands council’s annual funding from the SNP Scottish government has been cut by five per cent (to £82 million), a larger cut than suffered

February 11, 2016 | 4.54pm

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Last roll of the dice? (Cameron Smith)

Labour’s candidate in Shetland, Robina Barton, has described her party’s policy of a 1p rise in Scottish basic income tax as “bold”, but perhaps on

February 11, 2016 | 4.51pm

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Time for a change (Gordon Thomson)

In a week when local councils are being asked to accept a £350 million cut in their support grant from the Scottish government, the question

February 10, 2016 | 11.56am

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Smith puts campaign focus on education

Conservative election candidate Cameron Smith says the SIC is being forced to do the “dirty work” of the Scottish government in implementing cuts to the…

January 5, 2016 | 5.23pm

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Justice has not been done – Skene

Alistair Carmichael’s SNP opponent at this year’s General Election has hit back at claims by the Lib Dem MP that the legal battle brought against…

December 9, 2015 | 3.27pm

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Party differences would be ‘political suicide’

Differences between Scottish Labour and the UK party on major issues would be political suicide – says Shetland Labour Party secretary Gordon Thomson.

October 27, 2015 | 12.20pm

Action needed rather than words, says Scott

After eight years of an SNP government Shetland needs positive action rather than endless rhetoric, MSP Tavish Scott says.

October 6, 2015 | 2.31pm

Small turn-out for Yes rally

A rally organised by Yes Shetland a year on from the independence referendum saw a small gathering on Commercial Street today. Ten people attended the…

September 19, 2015 | 1.21pm

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