Why a thriller by Cable is no Kane And Abel

When will today’s generation of selfobsessed politicians learn that the public are not the least bit interested in their literary ambitions?

having failed to make his mark as a contestant on the bbC Christmas 2010 strictly Come Dancing show, sir Vince Cable (who, incidentally, says he still sets aside time every Friday afternoon for a ‘combination of dancing lesson and [constituency] surgery’) decided to write his first novel.

a thriller entitled open arms, it is described in the publicity blurb as ‘explosive’ and the interminable plot moves between Whitehall and slums in india.

Predictably, the Lib Dem leader’s grand oeuvre hasn’t thrilled the reading public.

Cable, who now has the dubious privilege of leading his struggling party for the second time, must squirm when he sees that his book is floundering in the amazon bestsellers list at no. 10,068.

Meanwhile, that one- time Westminster lion turned author, Jeffrey archer, has eight books in the top 100, including his classic Kane and abel — 37 years after it was first published.

SPOTTED for sale in a supermarket in northern France — an EU poster which already doesn’t include Britain. Even though Brexit hasn’t happened yet, it seems the French can’t wait to see the back of us.