Miriam Brett to stand for SNP in general election
Miriam Brett is to stand in a bid to represent Orkney and Shetland in the upcoming general election for the SNP.
READ FULL STORYMiriam Brett is to stand in a bid to represent Orkney and Shetland in the upcoming general election for the SNP.
READ FULL STORYClarity is needed from the SNP over its position on EU membership after nationalist MPs took opposing views on the Common Fisheries Policy.
READ FULL STORYRobina Barton is re-entering the political arena having been selected as Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the Orkney and Shetland seat in the forthcoming general…
READ FULL STORYThe Conservatives have named Jamie Halcro Johnston as Tory candidate for Orkney and Shetland in the UK general election on 8th June. Mr Halcro Johnston,…
READ FULL STORYSNP convener Robbie McGregor says his party will be ready for a snap election.
READ FULL STORYA parliamentary standards investigation into isles MP Alistair Carmichael over the run-up to last year’s general election has been dropped.
READ FULL STORYThe failed case against Alistair Carmichael’s election was politically motivated and representative of an “unhealthy” political situation, the MP has said.
READ FULL STORYJudges have rejected the legal attempt to have Alistair Carmichael unseated as MP for the isles. Four Orkney constituents raised an action against Mr Carmichael…
READ FULL STORYBeleaguered isles MP Alistair Carmichael has been described as having launched an “unguided missile” over his role in the leaking of a memo in the…
READ FULL STORYAlistair Carmichael has revealed how he failed to tell an official inquiry the truth about his role in a government leak until five days after…
READ FULL STORYIsles MSP Tavish Scott has called legal proceedings brought against former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael as a “political show trial”. The former Scottish Lib Dem…
READ FULL STORYNext week’s court hearing to decide whether or not Alistair Carmichael should remain as Northern Isles MP will be broadcast live.
READ FULL STORYDanus Skene has been selected as Holyrood candidate for the SNP in next year’s Scottish elections.
READ FULL STORYI 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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