First stage of Carmichael court challenge looms
Campaigners who have lodged a legal challenge against Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael have thanked the thousands of donors who pledged an average of about £15.50…
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Election result expected in small hours
The general election result for the Orkney and Shetland constituency should be announced in the Clickimin Bowls Hall around 3.30am on Friday morning.
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Supreme 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…
READ FULL STORYThe challenge of climate change (Gerry McGarvey)
I write in reply to the open letter to candidates in next week’s General Election by Richard and Victoria Gibson which sought to find out…
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Brae pupils quiz candidates on Trident, food banks and Miliband
Four out of five parliamentary candidates, minus Ukip candidate Robert Smith, faced a grilling from Brae High School pupils on Tuesday in a hustings chaired…
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Skene cannot read my father’s mind, says Johnny Grimond
The son of the late Liberal stalwart Jo Grimond has described Danus Skene as “presumptuous” after the SNP candidate accused the Lib Dems of failing…
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Candidates address voters at hustings event
Election candidates battled it out last night in Shetland Museum and Archives as they bid to become the next northern isles MP.
READ FULL STORYLamentable record (Jonathan Wills)
Charlie Gallagher’s disgraceful and unwarranted personal attack on Alistair Carmichael does him and his cause no credit. He has embarrassed his party and its candidate….
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General Election candidates clash over ferry fares
Two of the Shetland and Orkney parliamentary candidates are at loggerheads over what the road equivalent tariff (RET) ferry fares could mean for the isles,…
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SNP determined to capitalise on ‘buoyant’ mood
The resurgent Shetland brach of the SNP had a good representation at the party’s national conference in Perth last weekend which saw Nicola Sturgeon officially…
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