Video: Vince Cable MP talks to Lib Dem bloggers about… blogging

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Video: Vince Cable MP talks to Lib Dem bloggers about… blogging

By Helen Duffett | Tue 10th March 2009 - 10:17 pm

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Vince Cable agreed to be interviewed by a group of Lib Dem bloggers last night at Parliament.

My camcorder and I were there for Lib Dem Voice – and joined by Alix Mortimer, Andy Hinton, Jennie Rigg, Jo Christie-Smith, Mark Valladares, Mary Reid and Millennium Dome, Elephant. Look out for their write-ups too.

I asked Vince for his thoughts on blogging, and why he doesn’t have a blog of his own.

Vince cited “time” as the main obstacle, and later in the conversation underlined his commitment to keeping in touch with his constituents. The assembled bloggers pointed out that all these things go well together, so Vince agreed to think about it.

I have a very open mind – I say Lynne [Featherstone] has been a very good advocate for this, and I have agreed with her that this is a deficiency of mine… If somebody could help me get a push off the ground…”

We also pointed out to Vince that he’s welcome to contribute to Lib Dem Voice, and so are all the rest of you!

Email your submissions to [email protected].

Read more by Helen Duffett or more about vince cable.
This entry was posted in Blogger Interviews, Lib Dem TV and Online politics.

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One Comment

Jennie 11th Mar '09 - 11:03am

Oh Gods! You can hear me giggling like a sycophantic schoolgirl…

* crimson shame *

I am SO not good at this hard-nosed questioning thing.

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