Authentic, principled and flawed

Authentic, principled and flawed. That's how a BBC journalist described Charles Kennedy who was buried on Friday 12 June and who had stood out among the political figures of our time. He had led the Liberal Democrats to their greatest tally of seats in Parliament of post-war years, probably because people recognised that he would speak up for what he believed. Going against advice of senior party leaders he stood against the Iraq war, and also disagreed with Nick Clegg on the wisdom of the Li...