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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We want a strong, vibrant economy for Britain so that we can set out a clear and affordable alternative programme for government.
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Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.
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Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.
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As I spread my wings in politics, I discovered many Thatcher voters down south who were the same kind of people who loathed her in Scotland. They were puzzled by the Scots' antipathy, given the Falklands war and the strong militaristic history of the Highlands and elsewhere.
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Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.
We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.
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We all suffer when we lose a close relative and I offer the Queen, the Queen Mother and the Royal Family my greatest sympathy.
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There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.
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New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.
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No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some of the younger people in this society in shameful and disturbing disregard for other members of their generation who are not as fortunate as they are in having a job.
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Let no-one be in any doubt - the Liberal Democrats are not about to cede our emphatic, sincere and long-standing green credentials for some spray on aerosol version.
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Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.