But he genuinely felt that, under Mr Clegg’s leadership, after the next election his party could end up having far too few MPs to coalesce with anyone.
He hoped his polls in marginal constituencies, and in the Lib Dem leader’s own seat, would provide the ammunition for those who wanted to fire Mr Clegg.
Despite dire election results, Mr Cable kept his powder dry and the polls were leaked - or rather given - to the Guardian this week.
Facing disciplinary proceedings, Lord Oakeshott fell on his sword. But in doing so, he made clear he still wanted to kill off Mr Clegg’s continuing leadership.
He published a new poll suggesting that the Lib Dem leader’s ally Danny Alexander could also lose his seat.
But his parting shot at the party leadership has also ricocheted off his long-standing colleague Mr Cable.
- Clegg ‘not out of the woods’ despite Oakeshott’s exit, BBC.co.uk, May 28, 2017.
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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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