Some of the candidates campaigning to become Orkney and Shetland MP were among the crowds. Here Alistair Carmichael of the Lib Dems is closely followed by the SNP’s Robert Leslie. Meanwhile – not in the picture – Green candidate Alex Armitage was beating the drums.
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