Charles - more likely to come back than John Fitzgerald
Apparently more than 40% of LibDems want Kennedy back in charge. 'He represents the vagueness of the Liberal Democrats perfectly' said one member, 'Some of these guys standing for leader have opinions on all sorts of things. They just don't seem to get it.'
As far as I can see, ten years ago the LibDem leadership would have passed to a man with a history of affairs or who uses prostitutes of either sex, or to an alcoholic, or a moron, with very little press interest. Now they've got a good number of MPs, they're ever so slightly more important, and so ever so slightly open to this sort of criticism. With any luck, Britain's third favourite party will return under that nice Mr Kennedy, and go back to 'I told you so'ing the two parties with a good chance of getting elected. Preferably, without all the ones with dodgy personal lives defecting to the Conservatives, in an effort to blend in.
As far as I can see, ten years ago the LibDem leadership would have passed to a man with a history of affairs or who uses prostitutes of either sex, or to an alcoholic, or a moron, with very little press interest. Now they've got a good number of MPs, they're ever so slightly more important, and so ever so slightly open to this sort of criticism. With any luck, Britain's third favourite party will return under that nice Mr Kennedy, and go back to 'I told you so'ing the two parties with a good chance of getting elected. Preferably, without all the ones with dodgy personal lives defecting to the Conservatives, in an effort to blend in.
