Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has resigned

[Greeby]

"I am standing down as leader with immediate effect"

:cry:

Blair is getting worse and worse. Cameron is trying to outBlair Blair. Galloway is flushing his credibility down the toilet. And the Lib Dems chose now to tear themselves apart? :cry:

Edit - Here's the statement at the Lib Dems site: http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/charles-kennedy-resigns.html

[JanMichael]

1. How is Galloway "flushing" now?

Just curious.

[Greeby]

3. He's on Celebrity Big Brother

He'd rather be shut in a house with Z-listers, than work on ending the war when Parliament returns on wednesday.

Not that he'd turn up anyway, his record is virtually nonexistant

[zalinda]

4. I think I read here that he is on the UK

version of Big Brother.

zalinda

[JanMichael]

12. Oy vey...

Oh well.

Oh man.

What the hell is he thinking?

[asjr]

2. The marriage between Bush and Blair is tearing

both countries to shreds.

[rodeodance]

5. past time for the divorse!!

[rodeodance]

7. I have to wonder when Blair will tire of being Bush's puppet!! demeaning

[Greeby]

6. Deputy Leader Sir Menzies Campbell says he will be a candidate

He's been the one leading the charge on Iraq these days :popcorn:

[KoKo]

8. Kennedy gave excellent speeches trying to keep GB out of Iraq Invasion..

I had high hopes for him over there. But, some Brit DU'ers kept saying he had a drinking problem. Is that why he resigned? Was his drinking so heavy that it was interfering with his position?

[sweetheart]

9. good news for the libdems

Charles kennedy, bless the man, hasn't the gravitas for power,
and as much as he's a smart, likeable chap, as long as he remained
leader, the party was cursed to repeat the last 5 years of being
taken only seriously as a protest vote, not as a party with
the platform coherence to challenge power.

The new leader can change this, and we could see a libdem PM in
future years. Yet to achieve this, the party has got to get
intense and serious about its economics.

Now that the torys and labour are going round the 3rd way drain,
the libdems have the opportunity to shake the foundations of this
cozy consensus. This is an exciting moment for the libdems, as
in the vacuum of new leadership is the potential to win power.

Before today, it was to check blair and his torys.

As much as i admire the esteemed gentleman from the Isle of Skye,
his time had come, and he may yet continue to be an exteemed political
asset in the back room where his congenial pleasantness might
very well even be more effective without his having to front
the party.

I think this is a good thing, for everyone, including charle's
kennedy's family and his baby. :-)

[meg]

10. Democratic Democratic democratic democratic

Democrat is a noun used by the GOP media manipulators as an adjective because they like the sound of 'rat'. Democratic is THE adjective.

Thank you. My rant is now over for the momment.

[Greeby]

11. I appreciate your rant

When it's regarding the US Democratic Party. But this is the UK Liberal Democrat party we be talkin bout ;)

Sorry for the confusion

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. As used by the party itself:

Mr Kennedy made the following statement at Liberal Democrat Headquarters:

http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/charles-kennedy-resigns.html