Vince Cable is attempting to deceive the British people

Over the past year the media has perpetuated this saintly image of Vince Cable as the man who made all the right calls during the recession. The BBC likes to call him 'Saint Vince' and some newspapers have taken to call him the 'most trusted man in British politics'. But I fear I now have to commit a modern day heresy and suggest that Vince Cable is not the man he would like us to think he is. The reality is behind his quiet, personable bank manager image, Vince Cable is a man who is out to mislead the British people.

The latest Liberal Democrat poster is an outright lie. Published today, the Liberal Democrats attempt to warn voters of a Tory 'VAT bombshell' if they win the election, despite the fact that at no time have the Tories committed to raising VAT. Struggling to defend this ridiculous accusation on the Politics Show this lunchtime, Mr Cable said that it was a 'reasonable prediction' as to what might happen under a Conservative government, yet his poster is quite adamant that the Tories would raise VAT. What's even more astonishing is the fact that Mr Cable then went on to refuse to rule out raising VAT himself. The hypocrisy!

Mr Cable has a history for flip-flopping over Liberal Democrat tax and spending policy. At the last election the Lib Dems wanted huge taxes on the super rich then Mr Clegg attempted to appeal to Tory voters with a pledge for major tax cuts. Then there were the Liberal Democrat promises for 'savage cuts' which they have now retreated from as they won't be cutting this fiscal year. Not the straight-talking Mr Cable we've come to know.

This incident seems to contradict the Liberal Democrats desire for a 'clean' politics. It just shows that the Lib Dems are the real nasty party of British politics.