
“Risk? Bring it on. What’s the worst that could happen? Is anyone seriously suggesting that this is as good as it’s going to get? Really?”
“Risk? Bring it on. What’s the worst that could happen? Is anyone seriously suggesting that this is as good as it’s going to get? Really?”
“What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? ” Tony Benn
“Democracy is not a spectator sport, it’s a participatory event. If we don’t participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. – Michael Moore”
On 18th of September 1914 the Irish Home Rule Bill was enacted – The Government of Ireland Act 1914.
“We will focus relentlessly on building a fairer and more prosperous country for everyone who lives here”
All the results across the UK (including Orkney and Shetland in detail)
Alistair Carmichael won the seat for the Liberal Democrats with 10,381. Robert Leslie for the SNP came in second and polled 7,874.
“This is unlike any election that has ever been. It’s not so much an election as two referendums rolled into one.”
The packed room heard from Coilla Drake (Scottish Labour Party), Robert Leslie (Scottish National Party) and standing in for Alistair Carmichael (Scottish Liberal Democrats) was Liam McArthur MSP.
“Thousands of women in Orkney and Shetland have been adversely affected by the pension changes brought in by the Liberal-Tory coalition in 2011. “