Mr Cable departed from his previously scripted address to a group of businessmen at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, which had been distributed to journalists via email earlier in the day and partly published by the party via Twitter.
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Scottish LibDems reeling as Cable departs from script
THE Scottish Liberal Democrats were reeling last night after Business Secretary Vince Cable failed to deliver a promised anti-Thatcherite speech in Edinburgh that left him facing claims he had been gagged by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
