Hello all,
I’m back from my brief trip to Berlin and waiting for the Man United v Bayern Munich game to finish on Five Live before I load up 4OD and catch up on the last night’s Chancellors Debate on Channel. From what I caught on Newsnight (the hotel had BBC2) last night and BBC breakfast (the hotel had BBC1) this morning, it seems that Vince performed strongly and was well-received by the audience.
Given that I’ve been abroad it seems apt to give a brief roundup of what the international media of thought of Vince’s performance.
New York Times – report
“Mr Cable would usually not matter much in this sort of debate. But recent opinion polls show that the Tories’ lead is narrowing so much that a hung parliament… is a real possibility. If one were to occur, the Liberal Democrats would be in a strong position to influence the debate. There is even some speculation, denied by Labour, that if it were to remain in power with a weak or nonexistent majority, Mr Cable could be the chancellor.”
Wall Street journal – live blog
“Cable’s playing it beautifully so far – the People’s Vince. Darling and/or Osborne needs to take him on and challenge his claims or he’ll run away with the show.”
“It’s turning into a bit of a love in, which Cable calls to a halt, to much laughter. Vince looks like he’s running the programme! As though he’s the host!”
The quotes are the best bits from what appears to be a bit of snarky journalism. There’s a few barbs directed to validity of Vince’s claims that he forewarned the government of financial crisis (which we all know he did) and a rather pompous “translation” of Cable’s summing up. All in good fun though!
Businessweek – news article
“It was Cable, from the minority Liberal Democrats, who won most applause from the studio audience.” Hooray! According the report Vince won five rounds of applause to Darling’s one and Osborne’s zero.
Ending on a somewhat sober note “The man who shone in last night’s debate, Vince Cable, is unlikely to get the job”.
Your comments please!
Chris
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