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The Guardian says "Vince Cable hailed as the winner of first major TV debate of the election"

March 29, 2010 11:19 PM

Vince Cable (1)From the Guardian article

"Vince Cable won the biggest laughs and the most applause as he tweaked both Alistair Darling and George Osborne in the Chancellors' Debate on Channel 4. Perhaps his finest moment came in his closing statement when Cable said:

The Labour government led us into this mess. They have done severe damage to pensions and savings, they have wasted a vast amount of money on over-centralised public services.

The Tories presided over two big recessions in office, they wasted most of the North Sea oil revenue, they sold off the family silver on the cheap. Now they want to have another turn to get their noses in the trough and reward their rich backers.

The Liberal Democrats are different. We got this crisis basically right. We are not beholden to either the super rich or militant unions."

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