Vince Cable wins two political awards

Vince Cable, Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader, has won two of the prestigious Channel 4 political awards - Opposition Politician and the Political Impact Award.

Channel 4 broadcast the award presentations on Saturday evening. Vince Cable was commended for his accurate insight into the economic situation and was described as 'the kind of person who gives politicians a good name.'

The awards came at the same time as Vince Cable was featured on the front page of the third
Ravenscliffe election leaflet from the Lib Dems - responding to some voters' questions about the economy. The key points of the Lib Dem 'Green Road to Recovery'are set out.

The leaflet also comments on Labour's 'skeleton in the cupboard' - the fact that one of their own Kidsgrove councillors and a former group leader left for Spain shortly after his election in 2006, continuing to draw his allowances and taking a Council-owned computer with him. Labour say the absentee Tories are 'shameless' - but they seem to have conveniently forgotten about their own expensive absentee.