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 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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Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? Surely it's wrong. Surely you are going to have to back down.
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The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons.
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You cannot move on, when the prime minister remains in denial,
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We opposed unlimited detention without trial. We stood up for trial by jury as well. And of course we spoke up for asylum seekers and for the most vulnerable in our society.
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When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
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With 24-hour news... the story moves on with the media.
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Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.
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We congratulate Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles and we wish them all future happiness.
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Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.
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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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It is time to take stock and to listen, and then to come back to you with the correct conclusions.