Cable to speak at sell-out dinner

VINCE CABLE

LIB-DEM treasury spokesman Vince Cable MP will speak at a sell-out event in Saddleworth on Thursday.

His visit has ensured that Oldham and District Liberal Democrats’ annual dinner at the White Hart, Lydgate, will be the best-attended in years.

Borough chairman Keith Begley said: “It is the first time in many years we have had to turn people away, such has been the number of who want to listen to what Vince has to say about the current economic crisis. With economic events running as quickly as they are, who knows what will have happened by Thursday.

“If it’s a busy day then we may even get some national news coverage, as there is probably no one in the country who is as well-regarded to speak on this subject as Vince Cable.”

Elwyn Watkins, the Lib-Dems’ prospective candidate in Oldham East, said: “This shows just how highly the local party is regarded by the Lib-Dems nationally.”