Shetland and the Constitution

Shetland South and Shetland Central

Shetland and the Constitution

First, above all, God is our Sovereign whether we acknowledge this truth or not.    History, culture and time is advancing to its ultimate end in which God subdues all nations, peoples and tongues to the authority of His Son the Lord Jesus Christ.    Our mission, and the mission of Christians everywhere is to declare the ultimate peace and prosperity of the Gospel, whereby men, women and children are saved through the substitutionary death and atonement for the sins of His people by the Lord Jesus Christ.

The SNP

The SNP are deceiving the people of Scotland in their policy of ‘Independence in Europe’.     Such a policy is non-sensical.    What the SNP will do for Scotland is exchange what they believe is the ‘over-lordship’ of Westminster for the subjugation of an unelected ‘Tsarist-polit-bureau’ in Brussels.

Shetland will be subject to this rule from Brussels, having not only to deal with the present ludicrous head-counting of sheep as dictated by Brussels, the destruction of its fishing industry, but also losing its identity, culture and any opportunity of a degree of self-determination to Brussels dic-tats.    Don’t be fooled, it will be Brussels who will determine our future under the SNP, not Edinburgh.

Reject Independence

We believe that Shetland, its economy, politics and future must be determined by its geographical location, as well as its historic ‘Christian’, political, cultural and economic connections to Scotland.    By God's grace, the Shetlander’s priority in the short-term must be to spoil the SNP’s party if the majority of Scots vote for independence.    We must reject independence from the United Kingdom and so safe-guard our future prosperity and any possible degree of self-determination for Shetland.

Political Maturity

We believe none of this will come about under the present electoral culture in Shetland.    Candidates in local elections require discipline and political maturity.    With respect, an ‘Independent’ Candidate does not have this, neither the experience to draw on from others, or the discipline and support for perseverance and consistency in carrying out policies.    Within the framework of Party discipline and the wealth of experience and support from that Political Party, a Candidate who is representing the policies of his or her Political Party, receives just that experience, support and discipline.

Christian Party

As Candidates representing the policies of the Scottish Christian Party, we can call on the wealth of experience, support and discipline of our Party.    Not only that.    The authority from which our Politics flows is the authority of the Holy Scriptures, Proclaiming the Lordship of Christ over all areas of life, and in the power of the Holy Spirit.   

We want to see a prosperous Shetland economy, but not at any cost.    Economic plans and policies however well thought out can be spiritually and morally disastrous if not committed unto the LORD God and carried out with a view to Glorifying Him in terms of His Justice and consideration of others.