![The SNP's Northern Isles candidate Miriam Brett and Mhairi Black, a high-profile party figure who became the UK's youngest MP since 1832 two years ago, pictured outside the Shetland Museum and Archives before Tuesday night's Q&A sessions. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170516_Miriam_Brett__Mhairi_Black_MP-240x140.jpg)
Black & Brett pack out museum twice over to make SNP case to lead opposition to Tories
![The SNP's Northern Isles candidate Miriam Brett and Mhairi Black, a high-profile party figure who became the UK's youngest MP since 1832 two years ago, pictured outside the Shetland Museum and Archives before Tuesday night's Q&A sessions. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170516_Miriam_Brett__Mhairi_Black_MP-240x140.jpg)
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![One-time Liberal Democrat councillor Peter Malcolmson has called on islanders to support SNP candidate Miriam Brett.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Peter_Malcolmson-240x140.jpg)
![Alistair Carmichael outside his campaign office across from the Great Wall restaurant on Monday afternoon. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170508_Alistair_Carmichael_outside_campaign_office-240x140.jpg)
![Twenty five year old SNP candidate Miriam Brett, who has been working as a senior economic adviser for the party.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/miriam_lk_harbour-240x140.jpg)
![A new, youthful team of councillors for the North Isles: Alec Priest, Duncan Simpson and Ryan Thomson. Photo: Shetland News/Hans J. Marter.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/150505_North_isles_councillors-240x140.jpg)
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![What constitutional future for Shetland?](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170503_Flags-240x140.png)
![Lerwick Town Hall.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lerwick_Town_Hall-240x140.jpg)
![Communities United for Rural Education (CURE) marching against school closures back in June 2014. Photo: Shetland News.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/140607_cure_march_11-240x140.jpg)
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![Local SNP convener Robbie MacGregor is a council newcomer.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/170506_Robbie_McGregor-240x140.jpg)
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![Some of the first Lerwick ballot papers being emptied out for counting.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0305-240x140.jpg)
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![The four candidates for there Shetland constituency seat (from left to right): Robina Barton (Labour), Tavish Scott (LibDems), Danus Skene (SNP) and Cameron Smith (Conservatives).](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160404_2016_election_candidate-240x140.png)
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![The four constituency candidates (from left to right): Robina Barton (Labour), Tavish Scott (LibDems), Danus Skene (SNP) and Cameron Smith (Conservatives)](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160404_2016_election_candidate-240x140.png)
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![Election candidates Robina Barton (Labour), Tavish Scott (Liberal Democrats), Danus Skene (SNP) and Cameron Smith (Conservatives).](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160404_2016_election_candidate-240x140.png)
![Althing hustings at the Tingwall hall at the weekend - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160416_Althing_hustings-240x140.jpg)
![Saturday night's Althing hustings at the tingwall hall (from left to right): Cameron Smith (Conservatives), Tavish Scott (LibDems), Althing chairman Andrew Halcrow, SNP candidate Danus Skene and Robina Barton (Labour) - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160416_Althing_hustings-240x140.jpg)
![SIC councillor Amanda Westlake has left Wir Shetland over its chairman's "aggressive" behaviour when she questioned how the autonomy grouo's decision to endorse Tavish Scott had been reached.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/amanda_westlake-240x140.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon cutting the ribbon on the SNP's local campaign HQ at Bank Lane on Monday afternoon. Photo: David Spence](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160404_Sturgeon_cutting_the_ribbon_David_Spence-240x140.jpg)
![Labour's Robina Barton, Liberal Democrat Tavish Scott, SNP man Danus Skene and the Tories' Cameron Smith.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5F72AD934F894C17FFAC00BC71803B71DA808906D1DB22DD54pimgpsh_fullsize_distr-240x140.jpg)
![Orcadian James Stockan is standing as an independent on the Highlands and Islands list. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/James_Stockan_Orkney_candidate_HI_list-240x140.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon posed for selfies with islanders travelling north on the ferry from Aberdeen on Sunday night. Photo courtesy of the SNP](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rsz_screen_shot_2016-04-04_at_132406-240x140.jpg)
![Rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead (right) with local SNP candidate Danus Skene and Shetland abattoir manager Lauraine Manson.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/160331_at_the_abattoir_with_richard_lochhead_and_manager_lauraine_manson-240x140.jpg)
![Cameron Smith.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160331_Cameron_Smith_small-240x140.jpg)
![Robina Barton.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160331_Robina_Barton-240x140.jpg)
![Tavish Scott.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160324_Tavish_2-240x140.jpg)
![SNP parliamentary candidate for the Shetland constituency Danus Skene](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160329_Danus-240x140.jpg)
![Highlands and Islands top Green candidate John Finnie: 'we want social justice too' - Photo: Chris Cope/ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160319_John_Finnie_in_Lk-e1578072493977-240x140.jpg)
![Prime minister David Cameron addressing around 100 invited guests in Lerwick town hall on Tuesday evening - Photo: Paul Shaw](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/140722_Cameron-240x140.jpg)
![Jonathan Wills](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jonathan-wills-240x140.jpg)
![MYSP Emily Shaw with Shetland West candidates (from left to right): Frank Robertson, Gary Robinson, Theo Smith, Ian Tinkler, Tom Macintyre and Marion Hughson. Andy Holt was not abel to attend the westside hustings due to lambing.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/emily-with-candidates-240x140.jpg)
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