Charles Kennedy found dead

I cannot get over the little house he was in. Considering all the others that were swinging in 2 - 3 large houses/apartments or such.
 
I don't have a bad thing to say about him; sure I don't agree with all of his polices or his party but I think we'll be less off without him. Viva la SNP, zzzzzz
 
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Monkeynut said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...s-Kennedy-comments-hours-after-his-death.html

Newspapers are acting like Salmond was criticising Kennedy here, but it doesn't really read like it to me. Reads more like he was saying he never got the opportunity to champion the YES (to EU) campaign for the referendum next year. Are they using his death to opportunistically bash Salmond?
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That is exactly what they are doing. The majority of the media in Scotland absolutely despise Salmond for almost breaking their precious union and will use absolutely ANYTHING as a dig at him. They are gutter-dwelling scum.
 
Kennedy was an old school conviction politician of the highest order. The demise of the Lib Dems must have broken his heart.

RIP.

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Monkeynut said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...s-Kennedy-comments-hours-after-his-death.html

Newspapers are acting like Salmond was criticising Kennedy here, but it doesn't really read like it to me. Reads more like he was saying he never got the opportunity to champion the YES (to EU) campaign for the referendum next year. Are they using his death to opportunistically bash Salmond?
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From what I can gather, Salmond was plugging the independance issue whilst speaking about someones death

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffee...nedy-was-as-revealing-as-it-was-contemptible/
 
Bear said:
From what I can gather, Salmond was plugging the independance issue whilst speaking about someones death

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffee...nedy-was-as-revealing-as-it-was-contemptible/
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You gather wrong. He was asked directly about Charles Kennedy's involvement in the Better Together campaign and he gave an honest answer.

Kennedy was on record multiple times criticising the campaign.

"Finally I only mentioned the Better Together campaign at all because I was asked a direct question about it. As early as the beginning of last year Charles was one of the first unionist politicians to realise that the result would be close and said publicly that he felt that the actions of the No campaign were contributing to this."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ttish-indepenedence-referendum_n_7491070.html

It is nothing but a disgusting attempt by a notoriously unionist tory journalist (Alex Massie) to use the death of a well respected politician to smear Alex Salmond.
 
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ThePirateHulk said:
You gather wrong. He was asked directly about Charles Kennedy's involvement in the Better Together campaign and he gave an honest answer.

Kennedy was on record multiple times criticising the campaign.



http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ttish-indepenedence-referendum_n_7491070.html

It is nothing but a disgusting attempt by a notoriously unionist tory journalist (Alex Massie) to use the death of a well respected politician to smear Alex Salmond.
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I get that Kennedy wasn't very happy with the No campaign, many people weren't. As a person that lives is England but works in Scotland, I thought the No campaign was very poor and looked like it was ran by people wanting to lose.

That said, saying Kennedy's heart wasn't in for the No campaign despite supporting the No was what people are complaining about, unless what Salmond said was fabricated
 
Bear said:
I get that Kennedy wasn't very happy with the No campaign, many people weren't. As a person that lives is England but works in Scotland, I thought the No campaign was very poor and looked like it was ran by people wanting to lose.

That said, saying Kennedy's heart wasn't in for the No campaign despite supporting the No was what people are complaining about, unless what Salmond said was fabricated
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If you're openly criticising something then clearly your heart is not in it. Don't get confused between the campaign and the cause.
 
ThePirateHulk said:
If you're openly criticising something then clearly your heart is not in it. Don't get confused between the campaign and the cause.
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That is certainly one way of looking at it. Another could be that he did support the campaign and the cause but disagreed with the way the campaign went.

Either way, that confusion of opinion is what Salmond was getting criticized for it would seem
 
Charles Kennedy cause of death revealed he died of major haemorrhage from consequence of alcoholism. Haemorrhage is a uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.

http://news.sky.com/story/1496945/charles-kennedy-death-caused-by-alcoholism

Charles been drink alcohol for well over 10 years, I think he probably started drink since 1983 since he was elected MP. Think his dad death on April 2015 hit him hard, his mum died in 2014 and 2015 election defeat and the loss of seat drove him to drink heavy.

RIP Charles Kennedy.
 
Doesn't sound like an intracranial haemorrhage, sounds like bleeding gastro-oesophageal varices which are common in chronic alcoholics, eventually you have such a large bleed you vomit blood and die.
 
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