Argus title : We’ll turn a blind eye to torture if the price is right
Vincent Cable, Acting Leader of the Liberal democrats, is a mild-mannered politician. No one could have imagined that he would become a people’s hero. Yet a hero he certainly is.
While other party leaders have grovelled to King Abdullah al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, feudal leader of a brutal torturing state, Cable alone has refused to meet him at the Queen’s state banquet.
Gordon Brown stuffed himself into white tie and tails to meet him. Kim Howells, the Foreign Office Minister who claims we have “shared values” with the Saudis, was grateful to be there. David Cameron oiled his way to the table without difficulty. Only Vincent Cable would have none of it. Continue reading