Vince Cable
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The Lib Dems should not move left
Targeting disillusioned Corbynistas is no way back to relevance → Read More
Vince Cable MP reflects on recent events and some holiday reading
I heard the good news about Brecon and Radnorshire having disappeared for some R&R as soon as Parliament closed, and the new Lib Dem leadership was settled. I was delighted with the result not just for Jane Dodds and our campaigners – who fully deserved it – but for an excellent colleague, Roger Williams, who... → Read More
Chuka Umunna joins the
There's a new Liberal Democrat MP in Parliament - find out who here: → Read More
Brexit has ended another Prime Minister's career
A new Prime Minister won't fix Brexit. The only way out is to stop it. → Read More
Cable Confronted By His Own Opposition to a Second Referendum
Change UK MP Joan Ryan tells Change UK’s South West ‘rally’: “Can everyone look at their hands please?” *everyone holds out their hands in front them* “That’s it, it’s there, the future is in your hands.” → Read More
A Peaceful Ramadan
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable wishes Muslim communities across Britain a peaceful Ramadan. → Read More
Cable: Change UK Need to "Grow Up"
A Labour Party staffer writes… “The truth is Corbyn’s name is still poison the doorsteps in our working class heartlands, and Brexit betrayal is only compounding the narrative of our party as one for the few in metropolitan Southern seats, not the many across the country who voted leave.” → Read More
The next chapter
Vince Cable looks ahead to the next chapter in Liberal Democrat and British politics → Read More
If MPs Seize Control Of Brexit On Tuesday, The Way Will Be Opened For A Second Referendum
Poll after poll shows 2019 can yet be the year when the public sound the final bell in the Brexit fight → Read More
Jeremy, it's time to stop playing political games
Vince Cable talks about the next steps after last night's defeated no confidence vote → Read More
Rally for a final say
Within hours of Theresa May speaking to Parliament about the deal she negotiated, hundreds of Lib Dems gathered on Parliament Square to make clear they opposed it. For over two years now Liberal Democrats have led the fight to give people the final say on the Brexit deal in a People’s Vote, with the option to remain in the EU. And Thursday was a big day. It was the day that turned a People’s… → Read More
Brexit Can Be Stopped - But Only If Jeremy Corbyn Decides To Be On The Right Side Of History
The country will not thank Corbyn when our NHS is plunged into further crisis and food prices skyrocket because he couldn’t find it in himself to stand up to May’s catastrophic Brexit plan → Read More
Cable's Exotic Spresm
Guido was surprised to learn that Vince would be using the phrase “erotic spasm” in his big speech today. Sadly under the pressure, Vince couldn’t quite perform. Turns out he just wasn’t tough enuss… → Read More
Rich's Monday Morning View
Emily Thornberry tells Labour activists some home truths… “…we must all acknowledge, that there are sickening individuals on the fringes of our movement, who use our legitimate support for Palestine as a cloak and a cover for their despicable hatred of Jewish people, and their desire to see Israel destroyed.” → Read More
Vince Cable MP writes…Changing the Liberal Democrats
Politics is changing in the UK and around the world. Conventional wisdom and assumptions are being blown away by people powered movements from Trump to Trudeau, from Macron to Brexit. Old style political parties face a simple choice – change or be swept away. The Liberal Democrats have a long and proud history of approaching... → Read More
Vince Cable writes…We need to catch up with our European neighbours in fighting Cancer
Cancer is traumatising. It is universal, leaving no family untouched. I saw this first-hand. Cancer took my first wife, Olympia, in 2001. To repeat what I wrote in my memoirs, that experience showed me that whatever may be said in criticism of the NHS, the capacity of the system to deliver high quality, sophisticated treatment... → Read More
Bigots are not welcome in the
Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, sexism, transphobia, and bigotry in any form are not welcome in the Liberal Democrats, writes Vince Cable. → Read More
Vince Cable writes: Lib Dems will be at the forefront of political realignment
It is a year today since I became party leader, and a great deal has happened since. Thanks to the efforts of so many of our members and campaigners, we had the best set of local election results of the three main parties in England in councils gained and the best overall for us in... → Read More
Should big tech be broken up?
Cable says the tech titans have become oligopolies, Kay says the sector is working as it should → Read More
To everyone celebrating Passover, Chag Pesach Sameach!
The story told at Passover is a reminder of the importance of freedom. → Read More