Shetland Liberal Democrat’s Burns Supper

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Posted on May 8, 2010 - by benmullay

Shetland Photography – Out & About # 10

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Had a great night last night with the camera down at the Ireland Beach. I had to abandon the car washing in order to have sufficient time to capture the sunset which I knew was shaping up to be a real humdinger with Foula clearly visible on the horizon. Could this be the start of the summer?

Really enjoying the combination of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II with the Canon 17-40mm F4 L lens - great sharpness and the bigger LCD screen is much easier to use than the smaller one on my old Canon EOS 20D.

Thursday was election day and I would like to congratulate Alistair Carmichael on retaining his Shetland and Orkney seat by a clear majority up 10.5% on the previous campaign. It was, however, a disappointing night for the Liberal Democrats overall as they failed to gain ground on their rivals despite a few bouyant performances by Nick Clegg during the live TV debates.

Have another image from last night’s sunset which I’ll post soon.

-Ben

Posted on January 22, 2010 - by benmullay

Shetland Liberal Democrat’s Burns Supper

As another General Election approaches, Shetland Liberal Democrats held a very well attended inaugural Burns Supper, as a fund raising event, at the Freefield Centre on Friday 15th January.

Theo Smith, Chairman of the local party, welcomed the guests and called on the Rev. Magnus Williamson to say the ‘Selkirk Grace’ after which Gussie Angus piped in the haggis. Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, dressed in kilt for the part, gave a superb rendering of Burns ‘To a Haggis’, where after the guests were treated to a traditional meal of soup, haggis, clapshot, carrots, sherry trifle, coffee, truffles and fudge.

Following the meal guest speaker Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, delivered a highly entertaining ‘Immortal Memory’ which was followed by a more politically charged ‘Toast to the Lassies’ by Tavish Scott MSP for Shetland. Guest speaker Silvija Crook ably gave the ‘Reply to the Lassies’. Tavish Scott then gave an emotional thank you speech to Elinor Nicolson, who is retiring from the constituency office, for her dedicated eleven years service to him as constituency secretary.

Alistair Carmichael concluded the evening with a vote of thanks to everyone who had helped make the evening such a success and in particular to the guests who had attended and contributed so generously to the local party funds.

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