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to think that St Vince Cable's halo has slipped..

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MulledWineandGingerbread · 04/12/2010 20:56

.. and that he couldn't make a decision to save his life. First he'll vote for the tuition fee increase, then abstain, then for, then still might abstain...

He's making himself (and his party) look ridiculous.

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newwave · 04/12/2010 21:01

The LD's dont need any further help to look ridiculous as for Cable, a major let down dosent even come close.

1percentawake · 04/12/2010 21:01

Ha ha - I think you might be right!

Not making any friends among the student population right now Grin

I think it is a shame - he seemed decent and trustworthy before the election but is obviously being whipped into shape by the tory boys...

Anniegetyourgun · 04/12/2010 21:03

Cable always looked ridiculous IMO.

Politicians always look "decent and trustworthy" before elections, it's a prerequisite for candidacy but it doesn't mean anything.

harpsichordcarrier · 04/12/2010 21:05

he's a total total nonentity.

Desiderata · 04/12/2010 21:05

I always thought he was a bit of a twunt. It seems to me that if you tell the public a person's shrewd and intelligent, they tend to believe it, for a while, at least.

He looks like some pinched and disreputable Dickensian anti-hero.

And he sounds like a flayed mole.

newwave · 04/12/2010 21:05

Vince and Glegg are being rogered by the Toriea and loving it.

Two faced scum to think I voted for those fuckers

1percentawake · 04/12/2010 21:07

True - but nothing on earth would have made me trust Dave before the election!! I'm just sadly let down by the 'roll over and play dead' LD's...

MerrilyDefective · 04/12/2010 21:10

Sad to say i voted for them too.
After always being a Labour voter.
I honestly thought it might help get the Torys out in our area.
Traditional Tory hot spot.
Labour never stand a chance here.
I think they (the lib dems) are finished though in any future election.

Anniegetyourgun · 04/12/2010 21:10

Oh yes, of course, except Dave. Definitely one of the "affluent used car salesman" variety.

anothermum92 · 04/12/2010 21:11

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MerrilyDefective · 04/12/2010 21:14

I'd like to see a poll of people who voted LibDem and see if the would vote for them again.
I would'nt.

roundtable · 04/12/2010 21:14

LD have been letting themselves down for a while...(and I have always been brought up LB and voted for them)

Did you know their Education Secretary, before the most recent election, was home schooled?...Went to see a comprehensive and the comment was 'Gosh so this is what it's like!'

Hmmmmmm...

panettoinydog · 04/12/2010 21:23

He never had ahalo. He's an MP fgs

roundtable · 04/12/2010 21:25

LB...? That would be LD!!!

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MulledWineandGingerbread · 04/12/2010 21:33

of course Vince the Man never had a halo. But he was the LDs' most popular performer before the Leadership Debates - the LD battlebus was the VinceAndNickMobile. And he did seem relatively competent and honest. So it's a shame that he's now becoming a laughing stock.

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discobeaver · 04/12/2010 21:54

Why are people blaming the tories for the LD's lack of spine? It's not their fault.

Desiderata · 04/12/2010 22:03

Precisely.

People like to blame the Tories for everything.

Fortunately, they're used to it.

Let's face it, if VC was a man of substance, he wouldn't be in the fucking Lib Dem's in the first place! A man of his gravitas would be better placed in the Scouting movement.

newwave · 04/12/2010 22:08

During the Prime Ministerial debates Clegg said, "if we have a Tory government there will be rioting in the streets" well thats one thing he got right :o

Preggersplayspop · 04/12/2010 22:14

My theory is that he said he was going to abstain and the got a rollicking from cleggeron telling him he had to support the policies put forward by the cabinet. I wish he had the balls to stand up to them, but he coming out of this looking weak and a bit of a pathetic figure. And they said Gordon brown dithered and flip flopped! Pot, kettle.

medetre · 04/12/2010 22:17

I think the things that gave Vince a higher status still exist. He still predictedthe unsustainability of the constant increase in private and personal debt and the over leveredging of the banking sector.

newwave · 04/12/2010 22:17

Cable is set to be Gideons whipping boy, he wanred to have the banks as part of his portfolio and Gideon was having none of it.

I suspect he will resign sooner or later but by then he will have lost all credibility.

Preggersplayspop · 04/12/2010 22:19

He doesn't really look like a happy man

Desiderata · 04/12/2010 22:19

Yeah, but I predicted that too, med, and I didn't get a cabinet post.

nameymcnamechange · 04/12/2010 22:20

I thought he was great.

Now I can't find the words to describe what I think of him.

huddspur · 04/12/2010 22:23

I still rate Vince as a premier politician, he predicted the current crisis and warned about debt levels and the precarious nature of the banking long before the crisis. Twas a shame the previous Government mocked him instead of taking heed of his warnings.