Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapehapeha ana a Vince Cable i a ia e noho ana hei tangata whakamataku mo nga Tories i roto i te Kaunihera Whakawhanaunga. 'Kei te pōti tonu ahau hei mema iti rawa o te Kaunihera,' ka mea ia me tana ataata hangdog rongonui. Ka rite ki a David Cameron me George Osborne e whakaahua ana i a Nick Clegg hei 'kaitiaki huna', e whakaaro ana ratou he kaitōrangapū mahi huna a Cable. Ehara i te mea miharo, mai i te mea he kaitōrangapū mahi ia, ahakoa he kaunihera, i nga tau 1970. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. E hiahia ana a Vince Cable ki tētahi tūranga nui i roto i te kāwanatanga, ā, e whakaaro ana ki te mahi tahi anō me ngā Kaitiaki. Waihoki, e whakaaro ana ētahi mema o te Rōpū Kaimahi mēnā i taea e te tamaiti a Ed Miliband te whakapā atu ki a Uncle Vince, me te ahua o tana kaiwhakahaere pēke ā-rohe, me ōna kanohi kikorangi, ki te whakarere, ka haere a Rōpū Kaimahi i te Kōwhiringa Nui. Ki te mea ko Cable te kawenga mō ngā mahere whakapaunga a Labour, ka mutu te manukanuka o ngā kaipōti ka mahi pea te Pirimia a Red Ed i tētahi mea pōhēhē. Engari i a mātau e noho ana i runga i te paepae o te wharekai o Barmy Arms i te taha o te awa o Thames i tana rohe pōti o Twickenham, ka mea te Hekeretari Pakihi a Cable i tētahi mea, i te whakarongo tuatahi, ka nui ake te haruru. Ehara i te mea kua rite ia ki te whakapau i ētahi atu rima tau ki te āwhina i ngā Tories ki te whakahaere i a Britain, e hiahia ana ia ki te whakakapi i a George Osborne hei Kaiwhakahaere. 'Ae, e mohio ana ahau,' ka whakaoho ia, e whakaae ana ki te tautohetohe, 'Kua pau i ahau toku ora tōrangapū katoa te whawhai ki te Conservatives.' Me pēhea e noho ai ia ki ngā Tories e whakahaweatia ana e ia? 'Ki te whai tatou i te hui pakihi hoatu tatou nga patu i te tatau, ka noho ki raro, me te kōrero,' ataata ia. E amuamu ana ia ki ngā 'tino kino, kino hoki' mai i ngā Tories. A, i muri i te whakawhitiwhitinga kupu a te Kāwanatanga me te Minita Parenga a Liam Fox, ka rere atu a Cameron ki a Cable i a ia e haere ana ki waho, ka inoi ki a ia kia huna, kia kore ai e hinga te Kotahitanga. Ka whakaahuatia e ia tētahi atu taupatupatu me te Minita Pakihi Tory iti a Matt Hancock, he hoa o Osborne i tonoa ki te 'tirohia' i runga i te Cable. 'I haere mai ia ki taku tari me te rārangi o ngā mahi pai e hiahia ana ia. Ka mea ahau, 'Ehara, ko ahau te rangatira.' Ko ia rawa riri, takahia ona waewae, ka whakatika, ka hamama te tatau. ' Na, he aha te take?
I kii te mema o te Lib Dem kua mohio ia he 'ka taea te mahi pakihi' me nga Tories. I whakaarohia e ia he āhuatanga e taea ai e ia te mahi tahi me nga Kaitiaki. Engari he tere hoki ki te whakamārama kāore ia i te whakakore i te mahi tahi me Labour. I whakaaro ia ka noho tonu ia ki tētahi kāwanatanga e arahina ana e Mr Cameron.