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
believe sides cooperation
We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.
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There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
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We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
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Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
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You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.
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I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'
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Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.
believe hope purpose requires
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
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We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system.
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We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.
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We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.
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We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.
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Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself.