Wir Shetland

Wir Shetland was a short-lived pressure group that demanded greater autonomy for Shetland, an archipelago of Scotland.^[1]

It was launched in October 2015,^[2] and campaigned for British Crown Dependency status for Shetland, which would separate it from Scotland. It compared itself to the Shetland Movement active in the 1980s and 1990s.^[3]

It backed Tavish Scott, the Liberal Democrat MSP for Shetland, in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, causing resignations from the group.^[4] The group became inactive soon after the election.