Tub-thumping piety (John Tulloch)
It’s a time for piety from the SNP and Robbie McGregor, “lawn sleeves billowing”, gives us the text.
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Waiting for Lib Dems’ comment (Robbie McGregor)
I write on behalf of the many SNP members and activists who feel very aggrieved at the way Alistair Carmichael has behaved.
READ FULL STORYSheepish climbdown (Allan Sutherland)
I have just read about the demonstrations by the SNP against your MP, Alistair Carmichael.
READ FULL STORYStealth under-funding (John Tulloch)
How entertaining to witness the SNP jumping up and down, beating their breasts and shaking their fists in the air with rage, following Alistair Carmichael’s
READ FULL STORYOpen-and-shut case (John Jamieson)
Alistair Carmichael has been caught out this time. We will never know how many more times he has evaded exposure.
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Election was well fought (Gerry McGarvey)
I would like to congratulate Alistair Carmichael on winning last week’s General Election. The election was fought on very fair terms and my commiserations go…
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Divisions will lie ahead (Robert Smith)
Could I take this opportunity to thank all the people who voted for me and also those that while supporting Ukip, tactically voted Liberal Democrat….
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I will put the isles first (Alistair Carmichael)
I would like to thank everyone who turned out to vote in last week’s General Election. I would particularly like to thank those who voted…
READ FULL STORYSeat is now a marginal (Robbie McGregor)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Alistair Carmichael on his election as MP for Orkney and Shetland. The margin of 817 votes…
READ FULL STORYNew dispensation? (John Tulloch)
SNP candidate Danus Skene is quoted in the online Shetland Times article: “The process I’m trying to describe about a new political dispensation up here is…
READ FULL STORYOver the side is not over
I open this with a question. Of all of you good people who took part in the Voar Redd Up this year did you notice…
READ FULL STORYSupreme irony (Mark Smith)
It is a supreme irony of this election campaign that the most unionist party has been the SNP.
READ FULL STORYPrivileged position (Tom Morton)
I write in some confusion. I believe that the Shetland and Orkney SNP candidate, by his own admission at a recent hustings, is unwilling to…
READ FULL STORYScrap this madness (Robert Smith)
I wonder when Danus Skene feels it would be an appropriate time to tell the voters that the Scottish government’s legally binding CO2 reduction plans will mean…
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