Vince Cable
Vince Cable and social mobility
After a summer of speculation about the possibility of Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, riding to the rescue of, say, a dozen Liberal Democrat seats by taking over the party leadership before the next election, he had the chance to show what he is made of in a speech at the Cass Business School last [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 21 October 2012 at 5:27 pm
The Labour Conference: The last hurray, prank calls and climbing the political ladder
It is the last full day of the Labour conference and despite a full timetable of events, there is an end of term feel to proceedings.
By Grainne Maguire | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 5 October 2012 at 5:57 pm
ComRes: Labour lead down to 4 points
Labour is only four points ahead of the Conservatives, the lowest lead in any opinion poll since April, in the latest ComRes poll for The Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror tomorrow.
Conservative 35% (+2)
Labour 39% (-3)
Lib Dem 10% (0)
UKIP [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Saturday, 22 September 2012 at 7:23 pm
These employment law reforms strike just the right balance
Capping the award for unfair dismissals at one year’s salary would be a sensible move. This, combined with payments employees will be required to make when bringing a claim, should be enough to put off most spurious claims.
By Paula Whelan | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 20 September 2012 at 6:44 pm
Labour? Remind me, which one is he?
Another opinion poll suggests that Ed Miliband is a drag on Labour. Last month YouGov ran a poll asking people how they would vote if Boris Johnson were leader of the Conservatives. Now ComRes for The Independent tomorrow asks how people would vote if Vince Cable were leader of the Liberal Democrats.
In each case, the [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 3 September 2012 at 10:00 pm
Vince Cable, George Osborne, North Korea, Kristen Stewart, RIP Mary Tamm
What’s trending and why?
By Ellen E Jones | Notebook | Thursday, 26 July 2012 at 10:43 am
Vince Cable makes the case for an NGDP target for the Bank
Some economists argue that monetary policy is proving ineffective at getting us out of this present malaise because the Bank of England is failing to do enough stimulus, or, more importantly, failing to make it clear to the public and financial markets that it will do enough.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 3:27 pm
Cameron seems to want to lose the next election
David Cameron is an instinctive politician. He didn’t mean to call Ed Balls a “muttering idiot” at Prime Minister’s Questions – David Wooding reports that he said to George Osborne immediately, “I can’t help it”, and Norman Lamont, his former boss, told BBC Radio 4 World At One: “He can be quite volatile. It makes him [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 3:19 pm
Salman Rushdie rubbishes ‘dim’ Imran Khan and much else besides
It’s been quite a weekend in New Delhi. India’s finance minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a desperately ineffectual and unimaginative Budget on Friday, and then failed to turn up at India Today magazine’s annual conclave yesterday (Saturday) morning, where he was billed to be the first speaker.
He withdrew not because he was too busy or had [...]
By John Elliott | The Foreign Desk | Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 7:41 pm
Lib Dem disappointment, what do they stand for, Lembit and Vince
It’s one of those good mornings when BBC Somerset call and ask me to go on air to talk politics with the excellent Emma Britton, and this morning it’s on my pet subject: The Lib Dems.
Of course they are still a big deal in Somerset (where I’m from) and bucked the trend in the Westcountry [...]
By Matt Chorley | Eagle Eye, iPolitics | Wednesday, 7 March 2012 at 9:11 am
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