Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Charles Peter Kennedywas a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006 and a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, latterly for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 November 1959
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I will be joining the campaign with a song in my heart, with a spring in my step
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Political parties need to look at the different kinds of support that people may need, suited to their way of life, and provide cost-effective solutions.
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Over the past 18 months I've been coming to terms with and seeking to cope with a drinking problem, and I've come to learn through that process that a drink problem is a serious problem indeed.
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It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.
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It must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up.
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A perennial problem that has faced the Scottish Highlands is that, time and again, too many of the more talented young people have had to move elsewhere - even abroad - through a lack of opportunities that should have been available.
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Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.
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That 1983 general election contained the telltale seeds of eventual Scottish Tory self-destruction.
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In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.
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Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.
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This is really going to be the first modern three party UK election that we have all experienced.
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I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.
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Look, I have already said I am not going to put any artificial limits on our ambitions this time around
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The most worrying thing of all is if we are now seeing a breakdown in communication, trust and co-operation between the British forces -- who have done a heroic job there under the most dreadful of circumstances -- and aspects at least of the Iraqi domestic security forces,