Carmichael reacts after narrow election win
Alistair Carmichael has spoken about his narrow General Election victory after he emerged as the only surviving Liberal Democrat MP in Scotland.
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Cautious response to exit poll figures
A cautious response has been given by Conservative candidate Donald Cameron following an exit poll suggesting his party will be the largest in the Commons….
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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 STORYNo enthusiasm for OIOF (Donald S Murray)
Poor, poor Danus Skene. I note in his election address that the SNP candidate for Orkney and Shetland claims that “the SNP Scottish government takes
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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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As a member of the SNP who lost 34 relations from the Isles of Lewis and Harris in the two world wars, fighting German aggression,
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In this week’s Shetland Times
In this week’s Shetland Times: •A man who was part of an operation supplying heroin from his home will be sentenced on 14th May, following…
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Rival candidates renew spat over ferry fares
Liberal Democrat candidate Alistair Carmichael has again called on the SNP to explain continued delays in road equivalent tariff (RET) funding for the Northern Isles.
READ FULL STORYAdverse comments forbidden (Colin McKay)
Your correspondent in last week’s Shetland Times, Gordon Harmer, was obviously in such a hurry to see his name in print again, that he didn’t
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Predictor puts SNP ahead in running for Northern Isles seat
A new scientific election predictor suggests that the SNP are ahead in the race for the Orkney and Shetland seat in next month’s UK General
READ FULL STORYDon’t vote SNP (Graham Johnston)
Sometimes, maybe not often, politics is too important to leave to the professionals and the deeply unrepresentative minority of party activists and campaigners.
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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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SIC political leader Gary Robinson has stated in the local media that Shetland receives £29 million per year from the Scottish government, towards education costs
READ FULL STORYCarmichael’s ‘quickie divorce’ from Tories should fool no-one, says Skene
SNP parliamentary candidate Danus Skene has described isles MP Alistair Carmichael’s attempt to distance himself from his Tory UK coalition government partners as “the most
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