FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Britain can love hung parliaments.

Martin Wolf saying what many think:

No serious person denies that the country confronts a huge fiscal challenge. Among those serious people are, of course, the leadership of the Liberal Democrats. I cannot be the only person who believes that Vince Cable, the party’s shadow chancellor, is far better qualified to address this challenge than any current member of the Conservative front bench. Indeed, the latter has blown worryingly hot and cold over its elusive plans for fiscal stringency.

Is there any reasonable thinking person who could disagree?

I've met many in the corridors of power in the UK. Cable is unusual. He thinks. He's an economist. He listens well. He acknowledges what he does not know. He appraises facts. He forms his own opinion. And he's a highly effective politician despite all that.

The same cannot be said for the Tory front bench. Nor all on other benches as well.