No deals with Labour
From Charles Kennedy MP Sir: Matthew Parris has somehow got the wrong end of the stick (Another voice, 23 October). I don't know where he got the idea that I would only negotiate with Labour in the event of a hung Parliament. I explicitly ruled that out last month during my party conference.
If, after the next election, Labour can rule only as part of a coalition, that would be a massive humiliation for Tony Blair and his party and a vote of no confidence. Liberal Democrats could not be in the position of saying to those who voted for us that we were going to use their support to prop up a government which the country had effectively dismissed.
A vote for the Liberal Democrats at the next election will be just that. There will be no secret deals, nods, winks or stitch-ups.
Charles Kennedy MP
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, House of Commons, London SW I
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