“We have to be careful of Vince Cable, he's extremely sharp and clever. In fact, he's almost as sharp and clever as he thinks he is.”

—  Vince Cable

An anonymous Conservative aid quoted on Newsnight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8686818.stm.
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