Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland Beatrice Wishart has today expressed grave concern about the proposed new Co-op shops in Scalloway and Sandwick citing that the outcry from local business and residents should stop the plans in their tracks.

Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate Beatrice Wishart has today written to the First Minister to seek urgent clarity from the Scottish Government over the lifting of COVID restrictions for island communities. 

Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland Beatrice Wishart has today called for an end to centralisation that damages island communities citing the recent centralisation of air traffic control as another example of it not working for island communities.  

Beatrice Wishart, the Scottish Liberal Democrat’s candidate for Shetland has today repeated calls for further action to improve connectivity in Shetland after a recently published NFU Scotland survey highlighted the digital divide impacting those in the rural and farming communities. 

Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland, Beatrice Wishart has today called on the Scottish Government to provide urgent clarity around future coronavirus restrictions in the islands.

Beatrice Wishart has today called on the next Scottish Government to “put the recovery and mental health services first” after new figures revealed 373 self-harm incidents were reported in Shetland over the last five years.

Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland, Beatrice Wishart, has today announced a series of virtual island meetings for people in remoter islands.