Vince Cable endorsed by business leaders

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By Helen Duffett | Fri 21st November 2008 - 11:14 am

Polling consultancy ComRes has been tracking business leaders’ perceptions of party leaders and their Treasury spokesmen since October 2007.

Recent figures for business leaders’ confidence in the abilities of Darling, Osborne and Cable make for an interesting comparison:

In September, confidence in Alistair Darling was 11%, George Osborne 40% and Vince Cable was 31%.

In October, it was: Darling 25%, Osborne 36% and our Vince 45%.

At a time when business experience among MPs is lacking, and when Liberal Democrat ideas are being filched from all sides, Vince Cable stands out.

ComRes’ Chief Exec Andrew Hawkins has even gone so far as to say Vince should be made Liberal Democrat Leader.

You can get the full story in December’s issue of Total Politics magazine, published today.

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Julian H 21st Nov '08 - 1:00pm

I trust “business leaders” little more than “world leaders”. Both tend to seek rent and see government as the solution to everything – or at least the provider of what they’re personally after.

Half are bootleggers, the other bandits.

This is even more the case with regards to this post.
Neale U 24th Nov '08 - 1:10pm

I think “should be made party leader” just goes to show where their priorities lie.

Julian is right about big biz being rent seekers. The problem we’re facing as a party is that the political rent is with those who have appropriated far too much “land” in the Commons.