Vince Cable
British politician
The failure of my party to make the big political breakthrough it deserves.
Failure & regret
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Anne Robinson
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That I don't have thin ankles.
Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.
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Losing the 1992 general election.
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