http://shet.news/naa73 Copied! FOLLOWING Tavish Scottâs resignation in 2019, his Liberal Democrat successor Beatrice Wishart was always going to have a slightly unusual introduction to parliamentary life â taking up her seat at Holyrood with little over 18 months of the term remaining. Having served as an SIC councillor and spent many years running the Lerwick constituency office shared by Scott and Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael, the then 64-year-old had arguably enjoyed greater preparation for the role than many first-time MSPs. 8 of 14Adverts But no amount of groundwork could have readied anyone for the havoc Covid-19 was about to wreak.