Vince, patron saint of U-turns, is at it again!

VinCe cable has made a career out of U-turns so it’s not surprising that the new Lib Dem leader should be accused of yet another screeching about-face.

First, he moved from the Labour Party, then he was ridiculed for claiming the damage the Lib Dems suffered after their university tuition fees reversal was a ‘price worth paying’.

now, he puts opposition to brexit as his priority to rebuild his party’s dwindling support — despite thinking very differently not long ago.

at the weekend, Dr Cable said: ‘i specifically support the aims of the single market and its four freedoms: free movement of goods, capital, services and labour.’ Compare this with what he told the new statesman earlier this year: ‘ there is no great argument of liberal principle for free EU movement; the economics is debatable; and the politics is conclusively hostile.’

at the time, he wasn’t an MP — having been booted out of his twickenham seat in 2015 — and an embarrassed Lib Dem spokesman was forced into damage- limitation mode and said: ‘ Vince’s views are his own . . . and he does not speak for the party.’

also, for good measure, here’s another 180-degree switch.

at the weekend, Cable said: ‘what we now need is an exit from brexit’.

Yet, less than a year ago, he insisted it would be ‘disrespectful’ to voters and ‘politically counterproductive’ to call for a second referendum on the EU.

Vince should be beatified as the patron saint of U-turns.