British - Politician | November 25, 1959 - June 1, 2015
For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.
Charles Kennedy
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We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
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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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I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.
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Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
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We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.
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You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.
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I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.
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I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.
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To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
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