Scottish Parliament Election 2026 / Vic Currie
Reform UK
I’m standing for Shetland not because I’ve spent my life dreaming of a seat in Holyrood, but because I’ve spent it in roles where the only thing that matters is getting the job done.
I’m not a career politician who has spent their years climbing a party
ladder. My background is in service – first in the cockpit of a Royal Navy helicopter and now on the frontline of our healthcare system as a doctor.
Today, I am asking for the chance to bring that same sense of duty to represent you.
My connection to the North Sea started years ago, but from a different perspective. As a Navy pilot operating off a frigate patrolling the Shetland-Faroe Islands Gap, I learned very quickly that there is no room for ego or political games.
When things go wrong, you don’t look for an ideological excuse; you look for a solution. You rely on a clear mission and a crew you can trust. Above all, you learn that leadership is about the responsibility you carry for the people around you. It’s about results, not titles.
When I traded my flight suit for scrubs and retrained as a doctor, I thought I might be leaving that high-pressure world behind. I was wrong. On our hospital wards today, I see a different kind of crisis.
I see elderly folk in our community waiting in unnecessary pain for operations that keep getting pushed back. I see a healthcare system suffocating under piles of paperwork created by politicians who wouldn’t know a ward from a waiting room.
While this happens, the establishment in Edinburgh is busy playing constitutional games, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the basic services people rely on are breaking down.
I’m standing for Reform UK because I’m fed up with the managed decline of our islands. Shetland is the engine room of Scotland, yet we are constantly treated like an afterthought. Our fishermen are tied up in red tape from people who’ve never been on a boat, and our energy bills are through the roof despite us sitting on vast resources that should be making life cheaper.
Even our transport links, which are the literal lifeblood of this community, are treated by the government like some sort of optional luxury.
I am especially concerned for our young people. In the Navy, I saw what happened when you gave a young person a sense of purpose and the right tools – they achieved incredible things.
But here in Shetland, we are making it harder for the next generation to stay. It’s too expensive to build a home and too difficult to see a future in the very industries that built these islands. I want to bring some operational common sense to Holyrood to fix that.
I’m not going to give you the polished, empty promises of a professional campaigner. I’m offering you the mindset of a naval officer who will identify a problem and fix it, and the heart of a doctor who will actually listen to your concerns.
The current parties have had decades to get this right, and they haven’t. It’s time to change the crew.
I have defended Shetland at sea, now let me fight for our community in Parliament. On election day, let’s send a message that Shetland will no longer be ignored.
Contact Information
Email: Vic4Shetland@gmail.com
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