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Vince Cable Quotes

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 cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn’t do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some of the chopping Picture Quote #1

In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been comfortable working with women and I’ve had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that Picture Quote #1

I’m now happily remarried to a good cook, which encourages me to be lazy. I like to think that I’m a new man, but perhaps I’m not. I offset it by doing the ironing, though. She has a small farm in the New Forest with a herd of cattle, so she serves up a steak and kidney pie made with her own beef Picture Quote #1

Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change Picture Quote #1

I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We’re in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we’re also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing Picture Quote #1

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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix Picture Quote #1

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke ‘fat cats’ until they purr with pleasure. I’m completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way Picture Quote #1

Much of the shadow banking sector, a major contributor to the economic crisis, was also only possible because of taxhaven secrecy Picture Quote #1

The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members’ Dining Room. I don’t often eat in them, though, as I’m usually on the run Picture Quote #1

There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than any other major economy; a dangerously inflated property bubble; and a bloated banking sector behaving as masters, not the servants of the people Picture Quote #1

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done Picture Quote #1

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Taxes shouldn’t be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that’s disciplined. We must make tough choices Picture Quote #1

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner Picture Quote #1

Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market Picture Quote #1

The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry Picture Quote #1

I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown’s legacy to millions of Britain’s families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come Picture Quote #1

We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain’s probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we’ve done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another Picture Quote #1

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The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain’s long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending Picture Quote #1

We do recognise that there are areas where the current financial services market, the banking market, just isn’t working for chunks of the British economy Picture Quote #1

The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment Picture Quote #1

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences Picture Quote #1

We’ve got to get back on track to working with them. Because if I and my colleagues are going to continue to attract inward investment from overseas - you know particularly from the big Asian countries - they see Britain as a gateway to Europe. They don’t want any doubts cast upon that Picture Quote #1

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-growth companies that power our economy. Today I can announce we will have one Picture Quote #1

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The Tories are now the party of rural areas and Labour essentially is in the big cities Picture Quote #1

Taxes shouldn’t be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that’s disciplined. We must make tough choices Picture Quote #1

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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 cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn’t do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some of the chopping. (Vince Cable Quotes) In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have. (Vince Cable Quotes) I’ve always been comfortable working with women and I’ve had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that. (Vince Cable Quotes) I’m now happily remarried to a good cook, which encourages me to be lazy. I like to think that I’m a new man, but perhaps I’m not. I offset it by doing the ironing, though. She has a small farm in the New Forest with a herd of cattle, so she serves up a steak and kidney pie made with her own beef. (Vince Cable Quotes) Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change (Vince Cable Quotes) I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We’re in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we’re also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing. (Vince Cable Quotes) My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix. (Vince Cable Quotes) I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke ‘fat cats’ until they purr with pleasure. I’m completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way. (Vince Cable Quotes) Much of the shadow banking sector, a major contributor to the economic crisis, was also only possible because of taxhaven secrecy. (Vince Cable Quotes) The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members’ Dining Room. I don’t often eat in them, though, as I’m usually on the run. (Vince Cable Quotes) There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than any other major economy; a dangerously inflated property bubble; and a bloated banking sector behaving as masters, not the servants of the people. (Vince Cable Quotes) So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done. (Vince Cable Quotes) Taxes shouldn’t be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that’s disciplined. We must make tough choices. (Vince Cable Quotes) When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner. (Vince Cable Quotes) Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market. (Vince Cable Quotes) The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry. (Vince Cable Quotes) I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown’s legacy to millions of Britain’s families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come. (Vince Cable Quotes) We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain’s probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we’ve done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another. (Vince Cable Quotes) The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain’s long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending. (Vince Cable Quotes) We do recognise that there are areas where the current financial services market, the banking market, just isn’t working for chunks of the British economy. (Vince Cable Quotes) The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment. (Vince Cable Quotes) Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. (Vince Cable Quotes) We’ve got to get back on track to working with them. Because if I and my colleagues are going to continue to attract inward investment from overseas - you know particularly from the big Asian countries - they see Britain as a gateway to Europe. They don’t want any doubts cast upon that. (Vince Cable Quotes) 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-growth companies that power our economy. Today I can announce we will have one (Vince Cable Quotes) The Tories are now the party of rural areas and Labour essentially is in the big cities (Vince Cable Quotes) Taxes shouldn’t be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that’s disciplined. We must make tough choices (Vince Cable Quotes)