In reply to Onion magnet:
I can barely describe the sadness and sense of loss I felt when I heard of Charles Kennedy's death on the radio early this morning. I was driving to Fort William on the A82 at the time. I realised how dangerous it was on the A82 this morning when I soon spotted another driver coming towards me while wiping his eyes.
I first met him in 1987 after John Farquhar Munro got me involved in some of the leg work for Charles' general election campaign which successfully pushed his majority to over 11000.
More recently, since he had been one of the MPs for the Kintail MRT area, I had been keeping him informed about the changes to SAR helicopters. He had an understanding of the importance attached to the service both by mountaineers and the wider community in the Highlands.
A very sad loss to British political life and to the libDems in particular.