Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP
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12/14/2011 Save our Sleeper!
The Caledonian sleeper services are a Scottish institution, a symbol of the comfort and style which was once the hallmark of the railways. They are invaluable for connecting the more remote parts of the Highlands to the UK Capital, allowing Scottish people to reach morning meetings in England and Londoners to catch the Deerstalker Express straight to the most beautiful places in the world. I’ve lost count of the number of individuals & businesses who have been in touch over the years to tell me just how important the sleeper is to them.
11/1/2011 Should we stay or should we go?
For the past couple of weeks Britain’s press has fixated upon Europe and the age old question of “Should we stay or should we go?”
9/2/2010 Britain After Blair: The issue of trust

A piece originally written for British Politics in 2007 and republished here by kind permission of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
2/26/2010 The media's agenda

My occasional column for the Ross-shire Journal's Political Notebook.
2/17/2010 Waiting for the inevitable

My regular column for Chatterbox, the excellent community newspaper for Avoch, Rosemarkie, Fortrose, Killen and Munlochy.
11/27/2009 Remembering

My regular column for Chatterbox - the excellent community newspaper for Avoch, Rosemarkie, Fortrose, Killen and Munlochy.
11/16/2009 Charles Kennedy: You ask the questions

A question and answer session with readers of the Independent.  The original piece is online here.
5/8/2008 Education, education, education: education and social mobility after a decade of New Labour

Speech given to Brighton College Conference on 5th May 2008
12/18/2007 There's no harder party to lead than the Lib Dems

A piece written for the Guardian in the course of a Liberal Democrat leadership election, while Vince Cable was serving as 'acting' leader to great acclaim.
10/30/2007 Rifkind the Shameless

A piece written for The Guardian after former Conservative Secretary of State for Scotland Malcolm Rifkind came out in support of barring MPs representing Scottish constituencies from certain votes in Parliament. 

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Supporting the Belford Hospital at Westminster

Charles Kennedy speaking