Loose lips sink ships – but can they sink sages too? Probably not, but Vince Cable has certainly entered tumultuous seas with the publication of candid remarks he made to a couple of Telegraph journalists posing as Lib Dem voters. In the tapes – which you can listen to above – the Business Secretary rattles on unrestrainedly about the inner workings of the coalition. The stand-out line is his claim that “If they push me too far then I can walk out of the government and bring the government down” – but there’s more, including:
1) The arguments that are being waged, and won. “We have a big argument going on about tax and that is party political, because I am arguing with Nick Clegg for a very tough approach and our Conservative friends don’t want to do that.
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