Vince Cable
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"John Vincent "Vince" Cable" is a British people/British Liberal Democrats/Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills since 2010 and the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)/Member of Parliament for Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)/Twickenham since UK general election, 1997/1997.

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It is embarrassing, the things he's said and the things he's subsequently done, and it illustrates the wider point that for any political party, including ours, to be dependent on big private donors is not acceptable and we do need to change the system to have a cap on donations.

It's a tax-cutting measure and we should have made that clearer.

He has been a very good leader, but we have had a slow hemorrhaging of support and confidence. A lot of damage has been done. I don't think that the leadership is sustainable.

Rather than simply auditing assumptions, the NAO should report progress against the Chancellor's fiscal rules at the time of the Budget and pre-Budget report.

Gordon Brown is in serious trouble for the first time as chancellor because of problems of his own making.

His credibility isn't quite what it used to be. Playing games with rules doesn't make people trust you.