So Vince Cable told the truth — working with the Tories is like being at war.
And he’s forced to apologise. Telling the truth is often unpopular. And maybe because I have little doubt it’s also hell for him working with Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander.
It may be time for Cable to go. His role is in opposition. And there’s much to oppose. If he did it properly he could bring the government down, and that would be a good thing.
Happy Christmas Vince whilst you ponder that one.
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I’m sorry Vince has sold out. I don’t believe he will leave government, he’s a slightly more intelligent politician nothing more. Being a politician means wanting to stay in power no matter how difficult.
Not that I believe it’s particularly difficult for him, he just pretends to any LD’s that are still talking to him, that he is about to resign over some issue or other but he’ll never do it and when he gets caught out he just apologises and reassure the Tories privately that he has to say these things to keep the little people quiet.
BBC R4 happily reported this morning that Vince Cable is “embarrassed” after being secretly recorded by two undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph in his constituency surgery.
BBC R4 then interviewed the “high-tech terrorist” Julian Assange, asking him in whose interest is it that diplomats and politicians can no longer speak freely for fear of “tittle-tattle” being reported on Wikileaks.
Shouldn’t BBC R4 be interviewing the two Telegraph reporters and asking them in whose interest is it that politicians can no longer speak freely for fear of “tittle-tattle” being reported in Telegraph?
Or am I expecting too much?
Undoubtedly Vince Cable will stay in the Coalition because he is a neoliberal through and through. He is an economist and his views are entrenched in neoliberalism. In the summer of 2009 he attended a book signing event for his book – The Storm – and I suggested to him that we were seeing the demise of neoliberalism. He replied that there was no other economic paradigm on offer. I would suggest that he is quite content to continue with this discredited economic model regardless of its adverse impact on so many lives.
@Teresa Harding
I know you’re right – that is his view
But somewhere deep in side he sometimes seems to be a liberal who does not think that freedom is defined as freedom from oppression by the state (which is the standard mantra and absurd) but as freedom of opportunity which the state helps create when the market and inherent wealth structures stack against the individual.
But maybe I’m just being an optimist. After all, Christmas is coming!
Hi Richard,
Did you notice the deficit widened more than was expected today?
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/psf1210.pdf
Not a great omen as Osborne’s cuts kick in.
😆 you mean he expressed in private the views he was widely predicted to hold, and was embarrased when they were made public. Politics is a dirty game, but then Vince is well aware of that.