As we take in the SIC financial director’s latest report and see how £325 million over and above council income was spent from reserves since 2003, we can reflect at where and why no action took place.

Maybe the initials SS really do stand for “Sabotage Shetland”. For that is the effect of this incessant, concerted tirade of abuse from opponents of the Viking wind farm.

Jonathan Wills has stated that Shetland’s Charitable Trust’s “investment” of £10 million in Viking Energy was made “acting on the best legal and financial advice available”.

National 4/5s: many people have no clue what these are about. If you don’t either I will enlighten you.

The importance of tourist and visitor trade to our area must not be overlooked. Tourism attracts up to 60,000 visitors a year to Shetland and is worth over £17 million income for the isles.

With the return of longer periods of daylight and better weather thoughts turn to spending more time out in the fresh air enjoying long walks out and about.

You cannot help but noticing the constant stream of “the incredible ‘no’ men” that have been slipping into Scotland, at taxpayers’ expense, for a couple of hours with some fanciful tale of “doom and gloom” and then sneaking away and avoiding answering questions.

The past two editions of The Shetland Times have carried articles relating to a planned review of tertiary education in Shetland.

I congratulate Jane Leask for her hurriedly arranged demonstration against the appalling “bedroom tax” and I wish her well in future events.

As we all know Shetland Charitable Trust deals with a high percentage of Shetlanders’ oil money, which in turn gives financial backing to Viking Energy.