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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Party members vote Vince Cable Lib Dem minister of the year
December 28, 2011 4:50 PM
• [Dec 29] Stephen Tall writes: LIB Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 564 party members responded . .
In your opinion, which Lib Dem government minister has had the best year? . .
1. Vince Cable - 67
2. Danny Alexander - 56
3. Chris Huhne - 53
4. Lynne Featherstone - 42
5. Steve Webb - 37
6. Nick Clegg - 27
7. Ed Davey - 17
8. Norman Baker - 11
9. Sarah Teather - 10 . .
So Vince Cable walks away with the accolade for the Lib Dem government minister who, according to our sample of party members, has enjoyed the best year. In part, of course, this is because 2011 has been something of a bounce-back for Vince after his fall from grace towards the close of 2010, when his welcome of the Browne Report's call for tuition fee increases combined with his unguarded remarks about the Murdochs captured by the Telegraph's sting operation, saw his popularity plummet among party members - as my colleague Mark Pack has already noted here. A year later, and with the Murdochs' newspaper empire tottering in the wake of the hacking scandal, Vince's reputation as the party's top soothsayer is once again burnishing bright.
• Party members vote Vince Cable Lib Dem minister of the year [LDV]
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