Alistair Carmichael resigns

BBC Online carries the news that the Lib Dems' Shadow Scottish Secretary, Alistair Carmichael, today quit his party's front bench in order to defy his whip and vote for a referendum on the EU Treaty. You can see him explain why by clicking here.

STOP PRESS: Michael Moore, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, has been appointed Scottish spokesman in place of Carmichael.