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Charles Kennedy

As someone from the "any publicity is good publicity" stable of politicians I should not be critical about the amount of publicity the party is currently getting. I must admit, however, that it is quite difficult to fathom out what, if anything, is going on.

I have actually been at some of the meetings reported in the media. I wonder if perhaps I was asleep during part of the meetings as the reports of the meetings do not accord with what I heard and saw during the meetings.

Comments

PoliticalHackUK said…
So, did the parliamentary party respond with a supportive silence when Charlie asked if anyone wished to challenge him?

Care to explain how the reports differ from the facts? In the name of openness, of course.
Edward said…
Absolutely - I think we need to know if the Murdoch press is mainpulating us. Was there open expression of unease with the leader?

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