InVinceCable We Trust

[Via Wadds]

As the Lib Dems and the Tories negotiate over power-sharing in number 10 the question that’s being asked by the Tory-supporting Telegraph no less, is “could George Osborne be sacrificed for Vince Cable?”

And so InVinceCable, the apolitical campaign that is seeking to instigate conversations around the need for a qualified candidate to hold the position of Chancellor, moves into a new phase.

“Well, we wanted to wait awhile for fear of calling it too early, but now that it’s the afternoon of the day after, it’s clear. We have undoubtedly got ourselves a hung parliament, which is most excellent news for the country. Why? Because now Vince Cable can be chancellor.”

But maybe we need to be careful what we wish for – economic vision and leadership becomes an even more critical in a hung parliament. Yesterday was not a good day on the financial markets, particularly for banking stocks.

Cable, with his tough talking on the deficit and banking reform, must have a role in the Cabinet and the Treasury in the event of a power sharing agreement.

“The coming week will be characterised by political machinations […] and this is just the moment then that the InVinceCable We Trust campaign comes into its own. So on Sunday 9 May, which also happens to be Vince’s 67th birthday, we’d like everyone to blog and comment and tweet and write to MPs of all colours to demand that Vince Cable be made chancellor.”

Follow @InVinceCable and visit the InVinceCable web site for more information about how to get involved.

Photo via LibDems on Flickr.

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Vince is going to tell it like it is.

Can’t say I’m keen on the LibDem campaign slogan though. Seems as though they’ve tried to combine Obama’s ‘change’ with Labour’s ‘fair’ and come up with something far too wordy.

invincecable! we trust works far better for me.

Watch this blog for an update on Dr. Cable’s speech.

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Real shame about the sound quality on this – you’ll need to turn it right up – but only posted yesterday so it’s nice and current.

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Vince Cable MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, visits the Google London office to speak about his book: “The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and what it means”. This talk took place on 29th August 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series

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In a hung Parliament of any sort, Vince Cable is the man best equipped to be Chancellor. Nuff said.

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This is the best seller on the credit crunch, by you know who…

Here’s what some leading journalists working for media of all colours are quoted on the Amazon website as saying:

Cable’s the star of Newsnight’s credit-crunch discussions, the go-to guy for a sagacious economics quote for broadsheets’ front-page leads, the man whom Tory Alan Duncan described as “the holy grail of economic comment these days”.

Stuart Jeffries, Guardian

Everything a politician should be and everything most politicians are not.

Jeff Prestridge, Mail on Sunday

A heavyweight in anybody’s cabinet.

Matthew Parris, The Times

Couldn’t find any books written by Alistair Darling or George Osborne I’m afraid, on economics or anything else come to that… but do let us know if we’ve missed something.

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