charlie kennedy

[oxford_fan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4582930.stm

been battling the bottle and leading the libbers.

[Dazzza]

That really wasn't pretty.

Do feel for the poor chap booze addiction is nasty seen a few chaps destroy themselves with the demon drink.  One poor soul did a Best knowing full well that it would kill him in the end but just couldn't stop.

Looks like the Dems are after their very own pretty boy having seen what the coke tooter has done for the Tories.

[Boeta]

been battling the bottle and leading the libbers.

for about ten years  

[oxford_fan]

That really wasn't pretty.

Do feel for the poor chap booze addiction is nasty seen a few chaps destroy themselves with the demon drink.  One poor soul did a Best knowing full well that it would kill him in the end but just couldn't stop.

Looks like the Dems are after their very own pretty boy having seen what the coke tooter has done for the Tories.

i thought the cameron stuff was just that he may have smoked weed once?

[Dazzza]

No idea to be honest heard all sorts but it's  bound to come out eventually the press have some nugget that they can't use yet that's for sure.

[Whits]

whats the requirement to be classed as an alcho?

[Dazzza]

whats the requirement to be classed as an alcho?

Not sure if there's an official units borderline but I'd go with...

-Drinking before 11AM (holidays excluded   ) more than 3 times a week
-Queuing up for the pub to open for more than 5 minutes
-Buying more than one bottle of Supermarket own brand vodka at a time
-Pissing yourself and not changing the sheets.

any more?

[pauld]

Convincing yourself that toothpaste is just a marketing ploy by cosmetics companies cos "Anything that gargling with Scotch won't shift isn't going anywhere".

Charles Kennedy - the drinking man's politician

[janaage]

I like Charlie, and think the Lib Dems could really damage their image if they handle this insensitively.  The guy has a problem but should not be treated like some sort of outcast.

I wonder how many other MP's have "problems" but don't face them.

[Bennett]

I like Charlie, and think the Lib Dems could really damage their image if they handle this insensitively.  The guy has a problem but should not be treated like some sort of outcast.

I wonder how many other MP's have "problems" but don't face them.

tbh he actually comes accross as a politician that is honest. i've always voted lib dem anyway but i think he's a very capable politician.

[fatbury]

yeah but a drunken leader isnt good .. imagine if by some miracle the Libs got in power .. a pissed up PM?? NOOOOO

[pauld]

I'd rather have a p'ed-up PM than a clinically insane retard as US President. Anyway, didn't do Yeltsin any harm - helped break the ice at dull international summits

[mattboyslim]

Personally not a liberal fan politically, but as all the parties are as bad as each other IMHO, I enjoy the politicians with a bit of personality not just retarded broken record (like most MPs).  Kennedy always struck me as a sound guy, and this has reinforced my belief that whilst he may have lied at first he is fundamentally an honest guy.  I find it hard to believe he's the only MP with a drink problem, but to my knowledge he's the only to openly admit to it recently.

[oxford_fan]

do you think this could actually increase the lib dem vote if he remains?

[janaage]

I think if the Lib Dems don't tread very carefully they may lose a hell of a lot of voters (including me).

I'm already a little annoyed at the way the back stabbers have come out.