There's an interesting post over at political betting suggesting that Vince Cable could be brought in by Gordon Brown to take over from Alastair Darling as Chancellor. Vince Cable has been superb in the past few weeks and months, his analysis of the credit crunch has been spot-on and he has been consistently 'ahead of the curve' when it comes to suggesting Government action. I would...

Vince Cable is the public’s preferred choice for Chancellor, according to a poll by PoliticsHome. Of the general public polled, 31% chose Vince Cable above George Osborne, Alistair Darling, Ken Clarke, Peter Mandelson and Ed Balls. The poll also found that 79% of Liberal Democrat voters supported Vince Cable for the job, while Osborne and Darling received

Vince Cable at the LibDem Conference "The Government must not compromise the independence of the Bank of England by telling it to slash interest rates and generate another dangerous inflationary ‘bubble'."Vince Cable on Sunday "What is required is for the chancellor to write to the governor saying that on a temporary emergency basis the committee should assume a central role in counteri...

A pretty obvious statement to make on this site, “In Vince Cable We Trust”, but it’s also the name for a new campaign established by a small group of marketing, communications and technology professionals with the single stated aim of making Vince Cable the next Chancellor of the Exchequer. The group is apolitical. In fact, despite

The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman is now the bookies' favourite to be the next Chancellor The Political Betting website is always worth a look and today it has a fascinating piece about the betting on Vince Cable to succeed Alastair Darling as Chancellor. The Betfair next chancellor market (something I must say I didn't know existed) now has him as favourite at 2.15/1. The site quo...

Vince CableLib Dem Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable responds to the government statement on an ‘asset protection scheme’ for banks The Government's latest proposals for tackling the bank crisis are "absolutely dire", Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has told Parliament. Speaking in response to the Chancellor's statement on the asset protection scheme for banks, Dr ...

Over at the Daily Mail, Lib Dem deputy leader and shadow chancellor Vince Cable writes about the ‘financial aristocracy’ of Sir James Crosby (’affable, very bright and self-confident’) and Glen Moreno (’a Gold Card member of Tax Dodgers Anonymous’). Here’s an excerpt: Surely, now that the Government has taken over and rescued several big banks using

In his speech to party conference in Bournemouth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable argues that government should do fewer things well, rather than many things badly, freeing up the resources to give tax cuts to ordinary people.

Commenting on Alistair Darling’s speech at the Labour conference, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: "Talk about mood swings. We had a long period of complacency, followed by total despair a couple of weeks ago, only for the Chancellor to return to complacency in front of his party faithful." Vince Cable continued, saying: “The truth is that the British economy is in...

I don't believe a word of it, but The Mole, writing on First Post, seems sold on the idea:What will Gordon Brown do if the bank bail-out doesn't work? One answer being put forward in Blairite circles yesterday is that the Prime Minister will dump his ultra-loyal Chancellor Alistair Darling - and bring in Vince Cable as a part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats. It may sound extraordina...