Cable

Self love is something politicians understand. With a few notable exceptions it is something politicians indulge in. After all who else can love them, apart from, I suppose, their mothers? Vince is a leading exponent of this deeply unattractive personality flaw as witnessed by his extraordinary statement that he he has the power to bring the coalition tumbling down. His departure would pass totally unnoticed after a day or two but it is clear he is not going to be sacked, yet. He is going to be left in office to swing in the wind, to squirm on each occasion he makes a decision against his stated preference. Murdoch's News Corp will now have to be given the go ahead to acquire the shares in BSkyB it does not already own since if Vince were to refuse consent his refusal will be seen not as the result of an objective finding but as one of pure prejudice. LibDems may be able, like socialists, to get away with decisions made out of malice on the local scene but not nationally. Although I am wrong about socialists. Under Blair and Brown they blatantly took decisions that favoured cronies rather than the country. Knowing this how could Heffer be a fan of Blair?