Skene swipe at MP’s speech

NORTHERN isles SNP candidate Danus Skene has taken a swipe at local MP Alistair Carmichael after his speech to the Liberal Democrat conference on Friday.

Skene was reacting to Carmichael’s comments that the LibDems’ coalition partners in government wanted to create “a right-wing, dogmatic, self-centred, ideologically-driven…dystopia”.

He said: “There is something unpalatable about a man who, as deputy chief whip, ensured that his party helped vote through damaging Tory policies, and who is now attempting to put clear yellow water between himself and his coalition colleagues.

“It has all the appearance of the most opportunistic of quickie divorces – and it should fool not a single one of his constituents.”