At 10.30 am we’ll find out if the 2nd by-election of the 2015 parliament will be in Orkney and Shetland
UPDATE Carmichael cleared
Wednesday's The National front page:
Carmichael:
Judgment Day#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #scotpapers pic.twitter.com/mVRAzpxg2w— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) December 8, 2015
The election court will announce its decision in the Carmichael case
If the case goes against the former Scottish Secretary then the LDs could lose the one seat in Scotland they hold and have to fight a by-election.
Based on what happened in the Phil Woolas case in 2010 the Speaker might delay calling a vacancy in the constituency pending the possibility of an appeal.
The action against Alistair Carmichael was crowd funded.
The Orkney & Shetland result at GE2015 – which could be overturned this morning pic.twitter.com/5ufUY7jeDO
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 9, 2015