SNP Islands Manifesto 2021
Not all communities are the same. What works in urban Scotland
may not be fit for our rural or island communities and vice versa.
In the last parliament, the SNP delivered the Islands Act, giving
specific legal rights to Scotland’s islands to ensure that government
works with and for our island communities.
Deconstructing the Union
This half-hour video gives a detailed and interesting account of he Union between Scotland and England.
SNP candidate calls into question OIC leader’s lack of consultation assertion
Orkney’s SNP candidate is surprised at OIC leader’s lack of consultation claim.
Superfast Broadband in Orkney
Work has started to bring superfast broadband to all parts of Orkney.
Question and Answer Meetings
Robert Leslie, Orkney’s SNP candidate, will be holding a series of question and answer meetings to meet people in all parts of Orkney. Each meeting focusses on a particular area of Orkney but you can join any that interests you.
SNP Membership Boost
Orkney SNP welcomes boost to membership as local branch numbers rocket to over 250
Make Universal Credit Uplift Permanent
Highlands & Islands MSP Maree Todd has backed the latest funding boost from the Scottish Government to tackle poverty and inequality but calls on the UK government to make the Universal Credit uplift permanent.
Council’s Oban quarry order is environmentally unsustainable
Orkney’s SNP candidate for the Scottish elections, Robert Leslie said that the move to import 80,000 tonnes of stone from a quarry on the Scottish mainland was clearly environmentally unsustainable on top of being economically damaging.
Council leader’s R100 frustrations are misplaced says SNP candidate
Orkney’s SNP candidate has urged Orkney Islands Council leader James Stockan to direct his irritation over the county’s poor broadband at the UK Government, which is responsible for telecommunications, rather than criticising the Scottish Government.
Vulnerable Orkney households face electricity price rise
Electricity price rises signalled by the UK energy regulator will be a hammer blow to Orkney families already struggling to heat their homes this winter, according to Orkney’s SNP candidate for the Scottish elections.









