THE LIBERAL Democratsâ disappointing election result will lead to some âserious reflectionâ – but is not a cause for panic according to Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael, who also headed the partyâs election campaign. Analysing the partyâs performance on Monday, the Shetland and Orkney MP said the Lib Demsâ positive campaign was âsqueezedâ from two sides as the national debate became increasingly polarised and thus benefitted the two parties at opposite ends of the constitutional debate to the detriment of the middle ground. 1 of 13Adverts He pointed out that, locally, the vote for Beatrice Wishart had gone up compared to her 2019 by-election success, and acknowledged the partyâs slide in the regional list to just 26.5 per cent of the vote as âa reflection in which politics has polarisedâ.