Election / SNP and Green signs pulled down from Sound Brae
POLITICAL signs for the SNP and Green parties have been pulled down and removed from Sound Brae in Lerwick overnight.
Local SNP candidate Hannah Mary Goodlad confirmed to Shetland News that the party’s signs had been stolen between Friday night and Saturday morning.
She said that the police would be informed.
“So many people are wanting our signs that they’re taking them off the lampposts,” she said.
“We have plenty so if you want one to display in your window just get in touch.”
A series of signs for the Green party have also been taken down, with cut cable ties and pieces of green wood visible in the area.
Green candidate Alex Armitage said he also received a message from an anonymous account on TikTok at 2am with a picture of an ‘A is for autonomy’ sign broken up.
He also highlighted that Green signs were also vandalised in the 2022 council elections, in which he was elected in the Shetland South ward.
“We live in a democracy, and we’ve got a human right to freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and it’s pretty shocking to see that this behaviour has been happening in Shetland,” Armitage said.
Signs for the Liberal Democrat party remain up on the other side of the road on Sound Brae.
The Green and SNP signs resume from the Sound roundabout.
It comes just over a week after a Green sign saying “A is for Autonomy” was vandalised at the top of the Sound Brae with grey paint. It was later replaced by the party.
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