Vince Cable in attack on US 'right-wing nutters'
Vince Cable has attacked leading US Republican politicians for holding up a deal to reduce US government debt.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the business secretary called them "a few right-wing nutters in the American Congress".
Unless a deal on Capitol Hill is agreed before 2 August, the US Treasury could run out of money to pay its bills.
Mr Cable said it presented a bigger risk to the global markets than the continuing debt woes in the eurozone.
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