Peter Hitchens' view on Vince Cable.

'That’s why the Tories put him, not one of their own, on TV to defend the Budget.
They wanted to make sure he was irreversibly committed.
They know that, at some point in the next four years, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party will split, and they want to make it impossible for Vince to be one of the defectors.
Then they can move on to the next stage – the creation of the Liberal Conservative Party which David Cameron dreams of.' [Mail.]

Sorry Pete, you are wrong. ' .....the Liberal Conservative Party which David Cameron now runs!' Yes. That makes it work.