Although Christmas is supposed to mean peace on earth and goodwill to all men, this goodwill appears not to extend to the Liberal Democrats – or Vince Cable anyway. The Lib Dem leader has become the topic du jour for political journalists over the December dry season – with both the Guardian and Times publishing scathing articles on Cable’s failure to unite his party and ‘spark Lib Dems into life‘ (see Steerpike’s November report for a pre-cursor to the latest Lib Dem fear and loathing).
Now questions are being asked over Cable’s suitability – and whether he even wants the job. This hasn’t been helped by Cable telling Politico his new year resolution is to ‘work less and sleep more’. So, in the interest of transparency, Mr S thought it important to highlight a letter Cable wrote to Dear Mary in the
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