Cable in Government is a bumbling fool. TBH I'm glad he's there right now as it is putting to bed some of the starry-eyed nonsense along the lines of 'best chancellor we'll never have' that was doing the rounds prior to the 2010 election. The Lib Dems are performing a useful function right now, lending additional legitimacy to a Government at a time when hard decisions need to be taken (granted, you have said in the past they're not taking all the decisions they should be, but hey ho).
All being well, come 2015 we will have constituencies redrawn so that the level of support required in order to get elected is more or less the same in each, and we will have a Liberal Democrat Party that has shown itself to be an incompetent bunch no longer deserving a place at the top table. All of which, I hope, will mean a true, full Conservative administration from 2015 to 2020.
... and as an aside, based on Ed Millipede's performance with Nick Robinson yesterday, there's little sign of him transforming himself, or Liebour, into a credible contender by 2015. The ship being tugged into Birkenhead docks over Ed's left shoulder was more interesting to watch. Total and utter lack of charisma, credibility, believability, you name it, he's not got it.
Anyway, to return to the topic, I wonder what Dan Hannan's chances of getting a seat in the Mother of all Parliaments is. I'd love to see more of him in public life and there is no question that if the British public are ever going to be motivated enough to complain about Europe loud enough for our politicians to take note, they are going to need a domestic cheerleader ... and one not encumbered with the 'negative plank' image that Russ says Nigel Farrage has got.
