in a first some live court proceedings are being broadcast in a case that could see the last surviving lib dem MP in Scotland having his election result voided.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-34154193
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A legal challenge over the election of Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael as Orkney and Shetland MP is being heard in Edinburgh.
Four of Mr Carmichael's constituents have raised the case.
They say he misled the electorate over a memo which claimed SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to be re-elected prime minister.
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Worrying times for MPs if they are being held to account for lying
