Plot to oust Clegg: Vince Cable still insists: 'I am not a traitor'

Nick Clegg says he's satisfied Business Secretary did not betray him. But why did Cable not tip him off?

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Nick Clegg went on BBC Radio Sheffield this morning to say that he is satisfied that Vince Cable "clearly didn't know a thing" about a privately commissioned poll showing Clegg might lose his seat in Sheffield Hallam unless he is replaced as party leader.

But is Clegg kidding himself that Cable was not involved in a treacherous plot by Lord Oakeshott to oust him– or does he simply realise he hasn't got the backing within his party to kick out a man who enjoys far more grass-roots support than he does?

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