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For God's Sake Charlie!

Posted January 6th, 2006 by ringverse
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This is getting painfull, almost embarassing. How much of a hint does he need?!
The rumour from lunchtime today, that of threatened mass resignations looks like it is true.

Charles Kennedy says he will not resign "in any shape or form" this weekend despite the looming threat of a mass walk-out by his top team.

Two frontbenchers have threatened to quit if he does not go and more than half of his "shadow cabinet" are expected to echo that threat publicly.

The warning is expected in a statement to be released later on Friday, with some MPs refusing to fill vacant posts...

Lib Dem sources say it will be signed by "well over 20 MPs".
BBC Five Live chief political correspondent John Pienaar said it was designed to confront Mr Kennedy with an inescapable crisis of authority...

Lib Dem MP Nick Harvey said Mr Kennedy's position was untenable and MEPs' leader Chris Davies called him a "dead man walking"...

Earlier, ex-frontbencher Lady Tonge accused Mr Kennedy of using an "underhand" strategy of appealing to the sympathy of Lib Dem members to stay in his post.

"He is destroying our party if we are not careful," she told BBC News.

Who the hell is advising Charlie that his position is tenable?