According to informed sources, further revelations about indiscrete comments by Vince Cable made to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters - this time on how he has "declared war on the Murdoch empire" - have raised questions about the Business Secretary's judgement and thereby his future. More to come.
Update: Press speculation is that Andrew Chocfinger Mitchell has been given Vince Cable's job. Out of the frying pan.
Further Update: Simon Heffer in the Telegraph asks: "Cameron punishes Tories, but lets Cable go free. Why is that?" A rhetorical question, clearly.
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The view shared around the lobbyists’ seasonal table is that Cable-gate is probably best regarded as a pungent commentary upon the murky world of corporate media as much as an indictment of very poor personal judgement by a blabbering business secretary.
I thought this was going to be about railway electrification.
Watching this unfold on twitterfall (it was a slowy snowy day) Cable got lots & lots of praise for dissing Murdoch.
I guess the ToryTottyReporters (copyright Paul MandelaIsATerrorist Staines) employed by the Telegraph just had to ask the right questions. We have yet to hear what those questions were and how they were phrased - which is crucial to a full understanding.
And the other "trainwreck" comments from the rest of the targeted Libdem notables feel a bit like a wikileak moment - obvious comments on obviously bad policy decisions.
And Jeremy Hunt? Impartial? Couldn't have chosen someone closer to Rupert unless they'd had the word 'Murdoch' in their name.....
Hello, Fox News, welcome to the UK, when does the Tea Party begin?
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