Vince Cable: Speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference 2010

[NottinghamForest22]

this man is a cunt.

[whereismybailouttv]

Someone leaks that the Telegraph omitted part of Cable's interview so as not to piss off Murdoch. The many want Cable run out of govt.

Nobody's talked about the leaker. On the other hand, many rich and powrful in govt. want Assange killed for being a "terrorist." Can this get any weirder?

[Raybanmonster]

I think the MEDIA and the government have absolutely played the wrong hand. This public are firmly behind him and he has been absolutely RIGHT on Student Fees, Bank bonuses and BSkyB and he was right to leak his views to the undercover journalists. Ofcourse he has a n opinion even in a judicial capacity.. who are we kidding that he cannot make that PRESENT view public. utter nonsense.. WEll done Vince, he give Clegg a backbone

[TheZanipolo]

R E S I G N ! ! !

[FlorrieLindley]

I wonder what he really thinks of neo-Tory boy Clegg.

[ready2mix]

The banks are a selfish minority, with a powerful lobby group that punches above its wait for years, propaganda to make politicians keep there hands off. Its only scare mongering they need regulation and state shared ownership.

Christ we own most of loydds and RBS and still cant control the banks the people own,

[ready2mix]

Small bisness has cash flow problems and banks are not the great captains of our economy, They use the money owed to small company's by the late payers 45, 60, 90 day remits to supply overdrafts and charge the small company for the privilege of using there own money they are awaiting for (held up in banks) as cash flow? this is not in the interest of the economy only the interest of the banks, they avoid as much tax as possible hold the country and business to ransom.

[ready2mix]

banking is only a small part of the financial services that the UK earns money on and the whole financial services market is not the biggest provider of tax revenue its actual manufacturing which also remains the biggest employer, what the banks have is the lobby group know as the 800 year old city of London, and its propaganda.

[ready2mix]

Banking is not actually UK biggest sector even with all the other financial sectors added it is still not the biggest employer or earner for the UK, what it offers the UK in real terms is a lot less than the banks lobby body(City of London-Lord Mayor) has given us all to believe.

[MrYoungIndependence]

Cable is wrong on the banking system. They have earned their bonuses by lending to businesses and selling things like pensions. A tax on profits will not help to alleviate the problem; bankers are intelligent and can find a way to avoid the tax. Banking is Britain's biggest industry, so we cannot afford to tax them; they will only leave the country.

[ready2mix]

They don't lend to small business as i am all too aware, every thing that Vince cable has stated is true. The figures stand by the facts. I would like the same garentees that the tax payer gives to banks , and when the banks created a major calamity they were bailed out, not any other business in this country or USA .

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix At the moment the banks are lending more prudently than before the recession because the crisis was caused in part by wild lending. I agree that they should not have been bailed out because that only encourages bad banking practices; they know that if they fail then they will be propped up by the taxpayer.

Privatise the banks at once!

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence

The banks are stocking up ready for privation at the expense of the tax payer again, the banks should be nationalised or converted to Co-opratives. They at least should be broken up, the Banks are not prudent by nature in the last 20 years or more they have been reckless which has been founded up until now by the customer.

The recession was caused by greedy investments in artificial securities based on sub prime mortgages in the USA, not reckless lending to UK people.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix This wretched government won't privatise the banks and Labour certainly won't. Actually, the banks were perfectly prudent when they in the private sector and able to run themselves. Nationalisation merely encourages irresponsible lending because the taxpayer will face the consequences and not the bankers who lent in the first place. If you really wanted responsible banking then you would leave it to the people who understand it best: the bankers themselves.

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence the banks were private and look at the problems caused by big greedy banks and the bankers in them, gone are the small high street banks of my fathers and grandmothers day were the bank manager actually spoke and new his customers, instead we have people functioning as robots and award loans on a national qualification bases rather than local knowledge. We have disconnection from the bread and butter of this country that provides 50% of employment the small bisness.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix The banks were private and lent too much because they were fooled into thinking that they could afford to do that. At the end of the day, when all is said and done, it all comes down to Labour.

If you want customer satisfaction and business accountability then why not privatise the banks? Then they would be accountable to the people and not to the state.

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence the banks were not fooled they were reckless and unprofessional at the expence of the tax payer theirs no excuse. They were greedy rewarded failure and encouraged risky risk investments.

Privatization did not save the TAX payer last time, the banks should be kept as co-operatives with the government (the People Holding majority share) and that holding should be protected by LAW and public vote. That is the only way that our money will be protected.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix Of course the banks were fooled. Labour pretended to be running a healthy economy and that was true for a while, but by the end of their government they had spent too much and lost control of the national deficit. That was the government's faut and the banks cannot tbe blamed. You would do well to remember that if the banks were privatised then they would take responsibility for their actions and not be bailed out by the taxpayer. That's whole point of capitalism and the free market.

[ready2mix]

Its seem i do remember the banks were private, its you who don't seem to remember! the governments fault is only due to ignoring regulation and keeping the banks greed under control. The banks did not take responsibility then! Free market principle is that if you make a bad decisions you suffert the cost to your self and you buissness and if you get it badly wrong you enter in to bankruptcy how ever it was decided that these private mismanaged banks were to important to fail !

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix No bank is too important to fail. It's as simple as that.

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence Then there would be no need to privatize them or offer any of them the banking guarantee that supposed to ensure that the "private" banks are lending, If tehy are lending its only because of this reason.

Any way that's all that can be said, you view banks with rose color specs every one and i mean every one i have i know want them dealt with, and Vince cable is absolutely right on this.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix You're completely missing the point of privatisation. If a bank is failing then it should be privatised in order to stop it from becoming a burden to the taxpayer. Then it will no longer have to be bailed out. I do not view the banks with rose colour specs at all. I am more than happy to admit that they contributed to the recession with their wild lending, which is why I want them to face the consequences of their actions rather than being propped up.

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence i think your missing the point 1st the banks faild and were worth nothing, they are still not worth much as shares go now so selling them after pumping all that money into them to support them from going bust. i think you need to revaluation what your saying. What this has proved is large banks can fail and at a cost to us all. In a free market these banks should have busted, and been replaced by new baks or better run banks.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix Every word of that paragraph is wrong and if you had any understanding of poitics then you would give up straight away and accept that you have lost the debate.

What do you mean when you say that these banks should have been busted? The free market is about choice and competition; privatisation can achieve that, whereas nationalisation cannot.

It is not the role of the state to provide good banks.

[ready2mix]

@MrYoungIndependence yeh thanks for you comments, i surrender to your intellect, let people viewing make up there mind about who wins this debate, i frankly was not chatting to win anything only to challenge what you was saying which makes no sense how ever you try to dress it. so i leave this with the viewer. so thanks again.

[MrYoungIndependence]

@ready2mix You're welcome, and I'm glad that you agree with my superior arguments.

[BREDATOR1]

I thought he was like a normal person through his ideas on the banks , now he ,still thinks mass immigration is a great thing that we can all keep paying for, it cost us a fortune!,, wait and see we are know bankrupt...

[QuayIssues]

Oh Vince, how do you sleep at night?

[mooxim]

So glad Libdems got where they are. I voted for libdems more for Vince than for Clegg. I hope he's in a position now where he can do what needs to be done.

[ramonnoel6565]

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Vince Cable: Speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference 2010

[shackle5]

this is refreshing

[bayhoecott]

I am voting Liberal for the first time. Vince Cable is the only leading politician with the honesty and emotional intelligence our country needs right now.

[legend4312]

he's not the shadow chancellor. they can't even get their names right - they shouldn't even be trusted to tie their own shoe laces.

[kaspastarr]

He IS the ONLY MP i trust any more.

ive never voted before but ill vote Lib dem JUST because of vince cable.

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[JBroMCMXCI]

Banks should be nationalised, profits retained, and our tax reduced.

[Wilone328]

America's opinions have to be heard! Would you support Barak Obama's new Health Care plan?? G0T0 my tube channel to see precisely why Americans voices are valued !

[UBUBBOO]

Vince Cable is a man of integrity, it's time for us all to understand that we need leaders like we have in the LibDems so for me and my friends and family will vote LibDem.

[imusthavefruit]

Sorry it took me so long, but I finally see the light. I'm now an EX tory voter.

[PHONEYPOLITICS]

Clegg Hume and Cable speech's have all shown total common sense, trustworthyness and fairness. They blow nulab and con out of the water - if they get enough media coverage I feel they could do very very very well - who knows?

[itworks22]

An honestly presented speech that is good to hear.

I recently picked up by chance at the local library Vince Cable's autobiography. Having read it, Vince Cable comes over as a very level-headed individual. He has a charming dry wit and with his business and economic background would I'm sure be an excellent Finance Minister.

[nerskine1]

A hung parliament wouldn't be as bad as some people would have us believe; in canada, no party has had a majority since 2006, and canada is doing fine.

[nerskine1]

The country is screwed if it gets Darling or Osbourne for five years.

[fatrob1711]

VINCE CABLE FTW

[Shnufkin]

Yeah! No nonsense!

[TheJasonJHunter]

There is only one serious alternative to the Labour/Tory back and forth that has run this country down and thats the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg and Vince Cable.

[stinkinthinkin]

I agree... the LibDems have some great ideas and seeing them in power would help break down political complacency that is slowly but surely sufficating UK democracy

Ps Vince Cable = A great visionary... Legend

[RichVoyseyPhotos]

Vince Cable is this Country's only hope!!

He would make a great leader of the party but actually Nick Clegg seems to be doing a fair job ... perhaps being deputy leader would actually enable Vince Cable to be far more effective and get this country out of the shit that successive Labour and Conservative governments have left this country in!

Vince Cable is the only guy I trust and when he sorts our country out, ... I for one will be eternally grateful!

[Steve633]

An extraordinary politician. This deserves to be forwarded to as many people as possible, to show people that not all politicians are the same: not all are arrogant, self-serving parasites.

[740205]

We really need someone like this.

[Fernemusic]

Pity about the intro - however, this man is one of the few politicians of ANY party that remains human, unpretentious, intelligent and does not speak from ' on high '. I shall vote Lib Dem BEACAUSE of him and pray for a hung parliament.

[pysgodfach]

This guy would be so much better than Osbourne or Darling

[indy4ever]

So true

[sod16]

@pysgodfach Stupid fucking nazi, you cunts are stupid for thinking hes good. £9000 fee's, shame on you for being a stupid cunt, i bet your out protesting now...

[picadooscollop]

Thanks Vince. Articulate, intelligent, reasonable, reassuring, and brilliant as usual.

Keep up the good work.

[alanjwindow]

Needs trimming at the end, please

[nerskine1]

@alanjwindow Grow an attention span