I believe it is only fair now to give our party members their say over my continuing leadership.
"Charles Peter Kennedy" is a British Liberal Democrats/Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a member of parliament (MP) for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)/Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency.
In the United Kingdom general election, 1983/1983 General Election he stood for the Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency)/Ross, Cromarty & Skye constituency, then held by the Conservative MP and Minister, Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin/Hamish Gray. In a shocking result, Kennedy was elected for the Social Democratic Party (UK)/Social Democratic Party (SDP), making him at 23, the youngest MP in the House of Commons. Ambitious and popular, he quickly emerged as a potential party leader. In 1994, after the SDP and Liberal Party had merged, he became President of the Liberal Democrats, a position he held for the next four years. In 1999, after the resignation of Paddy Ashdown, Kennedy was elected party leader.
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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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You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.
Look, I have already said I am not going to put any artificial limits on our ambitions this time around.
A clear conclusion has been reached, including by Conservatives, that the Conservatives are not going to win this election.
I will be joining the campaign with a song in my heart, with a spring in my step.
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