As compliments go, there’s something slightly backhanded about Vince Cable’s claim that,
“Having worked with [the Tories] at close quarters, I’ve been pleasantly surprised that they’re not as I’d envisaged them.” And that’s just one of the little nuggets embedded within his
interview with Decca Aitkenhead this morning. The Business Secretary touches on everything from
what he thinks of George Osborne (“he’s clearly able”) to his own ability to craft a joke (“I’m actually quite good at one-liners”). If you want a sense of where Cable is at,
then Aitkenhead’s piece is worth a quick read.
But if you’re stuck for time, then – as George Eaton notes over the the Staggers blog –
the most important passage is this one:
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