Alistair Carmichael MP
@amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland. Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
Promoted by A. Carmichael of 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
Promoted by A. Carmichael of 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
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Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
Glad to join campaigners in Parliament today to mark Fuel Poverty Awareness Day - a moment to renew our efforts to end the scourge of fuel poverty across the UK and in the Northern Isles in particular. Warm homes and affordable energy are in everyone's interest.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Glad to join campaigners in Parliament today to mark Fuel Poverty Awareness Day - a moment to renew our efforts to end the scourge of fuel poverty across the UK and in the Northern Isles in particular. Warm homes and affordable energy are in everyone's interest.
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Defra being the Prezza of such panels
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Defra being the Prezza of such panels
I like to think we can punch above our weight at times...
The select committees are almost comically underpowered compared to other legislatures
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I like to think we can punch above our weight at times...
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He doesn't seem to be commenting on Polanski's popularity: he's challenging the workability of his proposed policy. In an age that's dominated by the question "how does this poll?", I'm quite reassured that some still ask "how will this work?" (We can then debate whether or not he's right).
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
He doesn't seem to be commenting on Polanski's popularity: he's challenging the workability of his proposed policy. In an age that's dominated by the question "how does this poll?", I'm quite reassured that some still ask "how will this work?" (We can then debate whether or not he's right).
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A meeting looking at improving telecom resilience in the isles has been described as a first step in the right direction – although no tangible results have so far emerged from it.
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‘It’s not a capacity issue; it’s an issue of cost’ – resilience forum the start of a long process to improve connectivity
A MEETING looking at improving telecom resilience in the isles has been described as a first step in the right direction - although no tangible results have so...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A meeting looking at improving telecom resilience in the isles has been described as a first step in the right direction – although no tangible results have so far emerged from it.
@amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social @beatricewishartmsp.bsky.social @richardlochhead.bsky.social
@vodafonegroup.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
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Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
Writing to the Defence Secretary today following reports of the Russian spy vessel Yantar operating north of Scotland.
We need clarity on the location and activities of the Yantar. This would not be the first time we have seen a Russian military vessel in our waters, nor will it be the last.
We need clarity on the location and activities of the Yantar. This would not be the first time we have seen a Russian military vessel in our waters, nor will it be the last.
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Writing to the Defence Secretary today following reports of the Russian spy vessel Yantar operating north of Scotland.
We need clarity on the location and activities of the Yantar. This would not be the first time we have seen a Russian military vessel in our waters, nor will it be the last.
We need clarity on the location and activities of the Yantar. This would not be the first time we have seen a Russian military vessel in our waters, nor will it be the last.
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Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into people’s pockets.
This would help to drive economic growth, restore our high streets and give the country a much-needed morale boost.
This would help to drive economic growth, restore our high streets and give the country a much-needed morale boost.
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into people’s pockets.
This would help to drive economic growth, restore our high streets and give the country a much-needed morale boost.
This would help to drive economic growth, restore our high streets and give the country a much-needed morale boost.
New research to confront Scotland’s high suicide rate in the agriculture sector is underway - glad to see more resource and attention brought to this serious issue.
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How a plan for suicide prevention in Scottish farming is underway
The study aims to bring a more definitive answer to the alarming suicide figures
www.scotsman.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New research to confront Scotland’s high suicide rate in the agriculture sector is underway - glad to see more resource and attention brought to this serious issue.
www.scotsman.com/hays-way/how...
www.scotsman.com/hays-way/how...
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#ICYMI: 📰 Former Secretaries of State for Scotland Lord Jack of Courance KBE, David Mundell MP and Alistair Carmichael MP have called for support for the #ScotchWhisky industry in this month's #AutumnBudget
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November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#ICYMI: 📰 Former Secretaries of State for Scotland Lord Jack of Courance KBE, David Mundell MP and Alistair Carmichael MP have called for support for the #ScotchWhisky industry in this month's #AutumnBudget
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It is not every day that you come across cattle in Central London! Delighted to meet with farmers outside Parliament today and to talk about their concerns about government plans on inheritance tax and more.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It is not every day that you come across cattle in Central London! Delighted to meet with farmers outside Parliament today and to talk about their concerns about government plans on inheritance tax and more.
We seem to have a government that both lacks the intellectual confidence to defend its policies but also thinks that it is so much smarter than everyone else that it can achieve its goals by a sort of sleight-of-hand, without anyone noticing the method.
Yes, I think this is what the “it’s smart not to do income tax” stuff is missing. If you remove salary sacrifice on someone’s pension contributions you are increasing their income tax! If you freeze thresholds you are increasing their income tax!
Issue for Labour now isn't whether they break their manifesto pledge on tax. It is whether they do so in a way which is blatant, honest but sustainable - or whether they do so by a myriad of complex and likely insufficient means whilst arguing they are not.
Imho, one seems more toxic than the other
Imho, one seems more toxic than the other
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We seem to have a government that both lacks the intellectual confidence to defend its policies but also thinks that it is so much smarter than everyone else that it can achieve its goals by a sort of sleight-of-hand, without anyone noticing the method.
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The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
My weekly update, including the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries' launch of a national fisheries action plan, speaking at the Northern Farming Conference, and meeting rural groups in the south-west to discuss water pollution.
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My weekly update, including the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries' launch of a national fisheries action plan, speaking at the Northern Farming Conference, and meeting rural groups in the south-west to discuss water pollution.
Writing in the Scotsman on how island farmers this week learned the true value of an SNP "promise", following the disappointment and confusion around the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
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How island farmers learned the true value of an SNP ‘promise’ in just two weeks
Scottish island farmers quickly discover a promise of extra funds is nothing like as good as it sounds
www.scotsman.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Writing in the Scotsman on how island farmers this week learned the true value of an SNP "promise", following the disappointment and confusion around the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Planting a stake today in the House of Commons Garden of Remembrance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Planting a stake today in the House of Commons Garden of Remembrance.
Delighted to hear more clever ideas from the Very Clever People in No 10.
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Delighted to hear more clever ideas from the Very Clever People in No 10.
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Congratulations to Rob Jetten and D66 on their fantastic result in the Dutch Election!
This result goes to show that an optimistic, liberal vision is the antidote to the politics of negativity and division offered by the far right.
This result goes to show that an optimistic, liberal vision is the antidote to the politics of negativity and division offered by the far right.
Centrist D66 party makes huge gains in Dutch election
Centrist D66 party makes huge gains in Dutch election
Result opens a path for D66 leader Rob Jetten to form a government as the youngest ever prime minister of the Netherlands
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Congratulations to Rob Jetten and D66 on their fantastic result in the Dutch Election!
This result goes to show that an optimistic, liberal vision is the antidote to the politics of negativity and division offered by the far right.
This result goes to show that an optimistic, liberal vision is the antidote to the politics of negativity and division offered by the far right.
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Today Nigel Farage tried to tear up people’s rights and take us out of the ECHR. Winston Churchill, a key advocate of it, would be turning in his grave. But, the @libdems.org.uk stopped him - a proud moment and we’ll keep fighting.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Today Nigel Farage tried to tear up people’s rights and take us out of the ECHR. Winston Churchill, a key advocate of it, would be turning in his grave. But, the @libdems.org.uk stopped him - a proud moment and we’ll keep fighting.
The European Convention on Human Rights has long been in the firing line for the sort of person who thinks that Winston Churchill was a bleeding-heart lefty liberal. International human rights law is a proud legacy of our country - and one that we can and must defend.
Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The European Convention on Human Rights has long been in the firing line for the sort of person who thinks that Winston Churchill was a bleeding-heart lefty liberal. International human rights law is a proud legacy of our country - and one that we can and must defend.
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When you’ve protected British people’s rights from the authoritarian regime Nigel Farage craves.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
When you’ve protected British people’s rights from the authoritarian regime Nigel Farage craves.
Eastern Airways may be a regional airline but its suspension of operations will have an impact across the UK including in the Northern Isles. It is vital that our governments give reassurances about the future of these services and clarity about how they will support customers who are affected.
Myself and @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social have written to the UK and Scottish Government to demand an alternative carrier for Eastern Airways flights.
Regional air route subsidies are devolved and UK-wide aviation is reserved. We need to see both governments working together to fix this issue.
Regional air route subsidies are devolved and UK-wide aviation is reserved. We need to see both governments working together to fix this issue.
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Eastern Airways may be a regional airline but its suspension of operations will have an impact across the UK including in the Northern Isles. It is vital that our governments give reassurances about the future of these services and clarity about how they will support customers who are affected.