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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Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.
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Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
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Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
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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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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 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 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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Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.
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We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
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We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.
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We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.
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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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Over the course of the last parliament, as a party, we have been the real opposition over the big issues of the day ... and the Conservatives over that period have themselves flip-flopped on so many of those matters,