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Sometimes, maybe not often, politics is too important to leave to the professionals and the deeply unrepresentative minority of party activists and campaigners. The voters of Scotland, and Shetland in particular, recognised just such a moment in the referendum last year, and turned out in huge nu... Read more...
Brian Nugent must be a believer in E B White's quote: "Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print." (more…) Read more...
I have just been wondering about all this nonsense from Better Together about Scotland re-applying to join the EU. Some simple facts for people to consider: • Scotland is at the moment part of the EU, and has been for 40 years. • We are fully intergrated into all EU departments and systems. ... Read more...
A Highland MSP has voiced support for the Our Islands Our Future campaign. Labour’s David Stewart, together with his Lothian colleague Sarah Boyack MSP, met council leaders today to discuss the ongoing move for Shetland to gain more powers. Mr Stewart said he believed various ideas, such as... Read more...
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott said that Scottish Labour needs to wheel out some of its big guns to shore up a “soft” west of Scotland vote that is bleeding support to the independence campaign. (more…) Read more...
Pro-union campaigners say they are playing the “long game” ahead of September’s referendum on Scottish independence. Representatives from the local Better Together group insist they will become more vocal as time ticks by towards this year’s vote on the country’s constitutional future. ... Read more...