![Alistair Carmichael outside his campaign office across from the Great Wall restaurant on Monday afternoon. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170508_Alistair_Carmichael_outside_campaign_office-240x140.jpg)
Carmichael: people on doorsteps more concerned about second indyref than Brexit
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![Scottish justice secretary Michael Matheson.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Matheson_Michael_MSP-240x140.jpg)
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![Twenty five year old SNP candidate Miriam Brett, who has been working as a senior economic adviser for the party.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/miriam_lk_harbour-240x140.jpg)
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![Newton Faulkner is heading back to Shetland this autumn.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/newton_faulkner-240x140.jpg)
![Lerwick Town Hall.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lerwick_Town_Hall-240x140.jpg)
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![The Revellers' Magnus Bradley on stage at the Clickimin. Photo: Yetti Biscuit/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0850-240x140.jpg)
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![Scott Wood Band topped off a diverse bill in Brae. Photo: Chris Cope.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMAG0656i-240x140.jpg)
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