Andrew Roth's parliament profiles
Erudite summations of 76 of our best-known, highest-profile (though not always best-loved) politicians have been compiled by the inimitable Andrew Roth
Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy takes his politics seriously, if not himself. Disguised by his genial manner, he has emerged as the most realistic politician to have led the Liberal Democrats, if we accept politics as the art of the possible. Doubters in his party point out that he also takes this pragmatism to extremes, even to the point of seeming bland.