charlie kennedy

[Dazzza]

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

Can't see it he'll become nothing more than a Scotch drunk version of tabloid favourite Paddy Pantsdown.

Now there was a man made for headlines.

[mattboyslim]

It may make him more popular with the electorate but undoubtedly less popular in the party IMHO, it does make it far to easy for the media to crucify now though.

[Dazzza]

It may make him more popular with the electorate but undoubtedly less popular in the party IMHO, it does make it far to easy for the media to crucify now though.

I don't know a lot of older folks attitudes may well be one of sympathy but I’m not so sure they’ll be quite as accepting with an MP as they are with your standard musician or soap star.

Alkie is rather a grubby word and usually associated with a bit of a grubby person in a lot of people’s eyes when it comes to the real world.

[mattboyslim]

But he's scottish it's second nature to him

[Dazzza]

Had to be said didn't a Scotch man that drinks?  

It's like eggs with sausage meat and breadcrumbs.  North of the border it's the law.

[Bedford Red]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4587076.stm

Can't see him lasting much longer after this.

[oxford_fan]

he says he's not going to resign though, and the two contenders to succeed him both say they won't run against him in the vote for leadership he's called.

stick in there i say, son.

[flammableBen]

C.K's job has been a bit in the balance for a while, he's been walking the tight rope of being pretty popular with the elctorate while not so popular within his own party. Pretty sure his drinking has been pretty widely known about for a while so not sure why it's all come out now. I guess it's pressure from the lib-dem mp's with them wanting to get in the news to prevent the conservatives regaining any seats against them with the tories big new flashy leader. Fair play to the libdems I say. Fucking tory cunts.

[larwood]

He's resigned,not much of a shock, its nots a good idea to have a alcoholic as leader of a political party even if it is only the Lib dems.

[Simon Pieman]

Politics seems in a sorry state to me.

Half arsed policies that don't make sense; parties concerned with image more than politics; parties pulling themselves in different directions. Seems that it's style over content these days which I guess was always inevitable but I was hoping it could be minimsed. Hopefully the country will pull itself out of this rut sooner rather than later.