Legality of tax avoidance (Bryon Smith)
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave the reason by mistake during the Scottish party leaders’ televised debate last Thursday.
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Has Danus forgotten? (Gordon Harmer)
Listening to BBC Radio Shetland on Friday evening I heard Danus Skene, the SNP candidate for the forthcoming Scottish election, proclaim he would hold an
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Recovering SNP candidate Skene making ‘tremendous progress’
SNP election candidate Danus Skene is back in Shetland and recovering from a “serious illness” in the Gilbert Bain Hospital.
READ FULL STORYBiagi 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.
READ FULL STORYHolyrood-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
READ FULL STORYLast 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
READ FULL STORYTime 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
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Legal debate in Carmichael case ends
Two days of legal debate over the future of Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has concluded. Judge Lady Paton brought the first part of the trial…
READ FULL STORYSkene will stand for SNP in Scottish elections
Danus Skene has been selected as Holyrood candidate for the SNP in next year’s Scottish elections.
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