Wir Shetland was a short-lived pressure group that demanded greater autonomy for

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, an archipelago of

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. It was launched in October 2015, and campaigned for British Crown Dependency status for Shetland, which would separate it from Scotland. It compared itself to the

Shetland Movement The Shetland Movement was a pressure group and political party created in 1978 to advocate for greater autonomy in Shetland. The group called for the creation of a Shetland Assembly or 'Althing' with limited legislative powers and control over di ...

active in the 1980s and 1990s. It backed

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, the

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MSP for

, in the

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, causing resignations from the group. The group became inactive soon after the election.

References

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