FOUR Orkney residents launched a legal bid yesterday to boot the sole remaining Scottish Lib Dem MP from office.

Former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael has come under pressure to quit after admitting responsibility for a leaked memo which wrongly suggested that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to win the general election.

A crowdfunding appeal to raise money for an election petition to have Mr Carmichael’s election overturned has raised more than £43,000 towards its £60,000 target.