Scottish Parliament Election 2026 / Brian Nugent
Alliance to Liberate Scotland or Sovereignty
Brian is 73, married with three children in their 30s, the family have lived in Hamnavoe, Burra for over 30 years, a bank (relief) porter at Gilbert Bain Hospital, a Monday afternoon volunteer at Shetland Foodbank, a passkeeper at St Margarets, Lerwick, former lecturer at Shetland College, a supporter of Albion Rovers Football Club and club historian.
Sovereignty is part of the Alliance to Liberate Scotland whose one-line manifesto is Independence, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.
On the 7 May in the Scottish Parliament elections, Brian Nugent will be standing for the Alliance to Liberate Scotland and Sovereignty in the Shetland constituency, and is also the lead candidate for the Alliance to Liberate Scotland in the Highlands and Islands regional list.
I am asking you to vote for me because I believe in independence, I just do not think the SNP want independence any more, I suspect they believe in administering devolution for London.
Sovereignty wants Scotland to be independent; we do not want to be in the European Union (EU). The SNP say they want to be independent and to join the EU.
Explain to me the logic of becoming independent from one union, the UK, and then giving up that independence to join an even bigger union, the EU?You can either be independent, or you can be in the EU, but you cannot be both.
As Winnie Ewing said, “Stop the World, Scotland want to get on”.We want a government in Scotland elected by and answerable only to voters in Scotland.
Fishing
Scottish fishermen have no friends in government.
Scottish Fisheries Protection boats should apply the rules to visiting boats with the same vigour that they apply to local boats.
Starmer sacrificed access to UK fishing grounds for 12 years, till 2038. The Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will put £360 million into fishing across the UK. With 60 per cent of fish landings, Scotland might expect a fair chunk of this fund, a 7.78 per cent share for Scotland is derisory.
Fishing is suffering seabed loss – oil rigs, cables, wind farms – so council planners gave a decision for a fish farm at Fish Holm wiping out access to a productive seabed for local fishermen.
Get Scotland independent, Scottish waters for Scottish boats.
Net Zero
Shetland, with an oil terminal, a gas terminal and wind farms, pays the highest electricity prices in the UK, thanks to government Net Zero policy, UK and Scottish.
The story is that renewable energy is cheap, but you are paying a subsidy to renewable energy in your bill, as are businesses who pass on price increases; there is the Cost-of-Living crisis right there!
The Iran War has seen world oil prices rise affecting everyday things like heating oil prices and thousands of different products, if only we had our own oil!
When we import oil to Scotland, we export Scottish oil workers’ jobs.Get Scotland independent, drop Net Zero, open up the North Sea.
Vote for any other candidate and it is same old, same old.
Contact:Telephone: 0753 848 4439Email: yesshetland@protonmail.comWebsite: https://sovereignty.scot/ Twitter: @BrianNugentSov @VoteSovereignty
Contact Information
Mobile: 0753 848 4439
Email: yesshetland@protonmail.com
Website: https://sovereignty.scot/
Twitter: @BrianNugentSov and @VoteSovereignty
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