The Whispers Grow Louder As Plotters Stir the Pot Tory Resurgence Spells Danger for Leader Tory Resurgence Spells Danger for Leader Analysis

The Herald › December 15, 2005

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THE Tory official smiled and said: "Now it's the LibDems' turn to be in turmoil." Westminsterwas abuzz yesterday with speculation that Charles Kennedy's sixyear tenure at the helm of his party was close to ending.

Mutterings that had flared up in the past had always been pretty much kept within the Liberal Democrat family. The difference now is that the plotters have stepped up their campaign and are briefing in a concerted way against their leader, albeit on an anonymous basis, but reminiscent of the last days of Iain Duncan Smith.

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The Whispers Grow Louder As Plotters Stir the Pot Tory Resurgence Spells Danger for Leader Tory Resurgence Spells Danger for Leader Analysis

Terms like "unsustainable", a leadership "holed below the water line", and "he's wounded", were springing from unnamed LibDem tongues while the Scot's inner coterie was confidently asking: "...

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