When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those w…

- Vince Cable

I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegrap…

- Vince Cable

My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the food there. We used to do our shopping in Southall, where you can find ch…

- Vince Cable

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treache…

- Vince Cable

The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks, from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

- Vince Cable

I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also beli…

- Vince Cable

The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

- Vince Cable

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional activities as bank…

- Vince Cable

We need a new British business bank with a clean balance sheet and an ability to expand lending rapidly to the manufacturers, exporters and high-grow…

- Vince Cable