In Britain, liberal party leader quitsDrinking problem led to broad opposition

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: January 9, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Sarah Lyall
International Herald Tribune
01-09-2006
The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, who admitted last week that he had a drinking problem, resigned as party leader over the weekend in the face of growing criticism in his own party.Kennedy, who is not giving up his seat in Parliament, had vowed to stay on and fight for his job as party leader, declaring that his drinking was under control and that he had been sober for two months.But his position became increasingly untenable as more and more party members, in Parliament and in the country at large, publicly declared ...

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