Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Titled Leaders
The Right Honourable Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP is the first party leader in over 40 years to bear a title. Accepting his knighthood for 'services to Parliament' in 2004, Sir Ming had no way of knowing then that Charles Kennedy would be forced from the job of leader of the Lib-Dems over drinks problems. So the knighthood was meant to cap his career after being appointed aCBE in the 1987 New Years Honours List and becoming a Privy Counsellor in the 1998 New Year Honours.The last titled leader was Sir Alec Douglas-Home who, in 1964, lost a 100-seat Tory majority to Labour 'moderniser' Harold Wilson. Like Campbell, Sir Alec was a 60-plus Scot with little political experience outside foreign affairs. Make your own judgement.
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