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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The idea that the Lib Dems want to jump into bed with Cameron is a fantasy. But multiparty politics is likely to be the new norm There has been much excitement at Nick Clegg's decision on Sunday to state the bleeding obvious. When asked by Andrew Marr if he would seek to work with whichever party got the strongest mandate at the last general election, Clegg confirmed that he would . This less than...
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Iain Dale: So you don't do what Ming Campbell used to do every morning when he was shaving and think: "God, I wish I'd stood against Charles Kennedy?" Vince Cable: No, absolutely not, I genuinely don't. I quite enjoyed the 'acting leader' period, and did quite well, but I've got a very full role. Read the whole thing in Total Politics .
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In this month's interview for Total Politics , I spent an hour with LibDem Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable. You can read the full interview HERE , but here's an extended extract. When you first got into Parliament, what was your ambition? Having got in aged 54, I didn't see it primarily in terms of climbing a greasy pole to the top. Like most newly elected MPs with small majorities, my ambition was...
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
It’s a Lib Dem-tastic edition of today’s Independent – in addition to Nick Clegg’s article calling for the Queen’s Speech to be cancelled so that Parliament can focus on the big issue of reforming itself, former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy is the focus of the paper’s ‘You Ask The Questions’ feature, in which readers [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Do you regret the circumstances in which you left the party leadership? Were you betrayed by Vince Cable?
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I've already had my sweetest dreams (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Anyone with a clue what Charles Kennedy means by Would the originator of this message please remove it from my email system pronto. ? Fascinating.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Vince Cable's memoirs may be hubristic, but Roy Hattersley is happy to forgive him There is much to like about Vince Cable and much to admire. But nothing reveals the secret of his success as graphically as his persona. While Nick Clegg, his party leader, subscribes to the David Cameron theory that successful politicians ought to look and sound like Rolls-Royce salesmen, Cable has the demeanour of...
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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
On Friday former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy joined Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate Eileen Baxendale to chat with local people on Alexandra Parade. Charles, of course, has long held connections with Glasgow. He went to University there and is now the University's Rector, the voice of the students on the governing body. Charles has been an immensely popular figure inside and outside...
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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate for the Glasgow North East by-election candidate, Eileen Baxendale has had a busy week with visits in Glasgow North East with Leader Tavish Scott, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael and yesterday former UK Leader, Charles Kennedy MP. Eileen Baxendale hasn't taken a day off since she was selected to fight the seat made vacant over 120...
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Alter Ego (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The 2001 General Election was a success for the Liberal Democrats as it made the most significant gains of any of the parties, and it was the first of Charles Kennedy’s outings as leader. Leaders’ tours are a masterpiece of organisation and planning, and none more so that the event that was to be held in [...]
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Alter Ego (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
‘Only leaders travel in helicopters,’ is a maxim that makes helicopters and leaders special. The phrase, coined by Jim Hancock, former political editor of BBC North West, sums up three tales of when I joined the leader in his campaign helicopter. Charles Kennedy is not a big fan of helicopters, which is a shame, because personally I [...]
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Political Scrapbook (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
…to tweet delusional nonsense. Whatever #takebackpower is supposed to mean (Liberal Democrats seem to attach it to tweets pseudo-randomly), Cleggover won’t be doing that any time soon by performing – as this polling shows – worse than Charles Kennedy: Honestly. Share With Friends
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Grumpy Old Sod's Law (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Gratuitous image of cheerleader First he wasn't, then he was. Not only indecisive about his biscuit choice (chocolate fingers are his favourite, or at least that's what Little Lord Fondleboy reckons), Gordoom didn't know whether to cheerlead for his "old pal" Tony as leader of the new EU club. Turns out none of the other boys and girls like Tony or his slot-gobbed grasping missus either....
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Liberal Bureaucracy (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
In today's election, a new team was 'elected' to take Liberal International into a new decade. And, I'm pleased to say, there is a familiar face amongst them. The new President is Hans van Baalen MEP, from our Dutch sister party, VVD, and he will be supported by Juli Minoves-Triquell from the PLA, Andorra. The two Treasurers are Josep Soler from LiD, Catalonia and Silver Meikar from ERP, Estonia, and...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
FORMER Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was due to visit the Citadel Youth Centre in Leith tonight.
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