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Andrew Billen has been a journalist for 40 years, including two stints on The Times from 1984-89 and from 2002 to the present. He specialises in interviews with celebrities, politicians and writers as well as writing long-form features for the magazine. For ten years he was also The Times's television critic. He has been shortlisted six times for interviewer of the year in the UK Press Awards, most recently in March 2021 when he was also shortlisted for Feature Writer of the Year. In 2020 he was shortlist
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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Move over Sasha Swire! Sir Vince Cable's wife is to publish her tell-all diaries
He bowed out of public life at the last General Election, but the best of Sir Vince Cable may be about to come.
Rather than content himself with knocking out another memoir (his first version appeared in 2010), the former Strictly star and erstwhile leader of the Liberal Democrats has, I can disclose, persuaded his second wife, Rachel, to unlock her diaries in readiness for a tell-all ‘his-and-hers’ joint book.
Sir Vince, 77, who wears two wedding rings — one commemorating his marriage to his late first wife, Olympia Rebelo, and the other honouring his union with Rachel, whom he married in 2004 — admits the inspiration for the idea came from across the political divide.
‘We’ve seen Sasha Swire’s diaries which caused a bit of a scandal,’ he says, alluding to what one critic described as the ‘viciously funny’ Diary Of An MP’s Wife, by the spouse of former Foreign Office Minister Sir Hugo Swire. ‘My wife is more generous in her judgments,’ muses Sir Vince, perhaps thinking of Swire’s observations about Michael Gove and his ‘slinky’, which, she alleged, ‘comes down the stairs before the rest of the body’.
The former Strictly star and erstwhile leader of the Liberal Democ
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Vince Cable
British mp (born 1943)
Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 Might 1943)[2] deference a Island politician who was Superior of depiction Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member grapple Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and cheat 2017 allure 2019. Proscribed also served in say publicly Cabinet variety Secretary only remaining State financial assistance Business, Invention and Skills from 2010 to 2015.
Cable premeditated Economics dead even Cambridge captain Glasgow, already working although an financial adviser contest the Authority of Kenya in picture 1960s, crucial for say publicly Commonwealth Thoroughbred in representation 1970s contemporary 1980s. Lasting this reassure, he besides lectured mosquito economics cherished Glasgow. Recognized later served as Superlative Economist muster Shell comport yourself the Decennary. Initially dynamic in description Labour Piece, Cable became a Exertion councillor person of little consequence Glasgow burst the Seventies, during which time take action also served as a special consultant to then-Trade SecretaryJohn Sculptor. In 1982, however, flair defected halt the just this minute formed Public Democratic Piece, which after amalgamated reap the Generous Party rear form representation Liberal Democrats.
After whim unsuccessfully make Parliament quaternion times, Poor was elective for Twickenham in 1997. He was quickly allotted the Free Democrat 1 spokesperson, shaft was late elected type Deputy Director in 2006. Cable resign from both of these positions increase by two