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Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith
We need honesty from Brexiteers
The news this week emerging from a 14 page document published by David Davis under the title “Future Customs Arrangements” is that there are two options under consideration for our departure from the EU and the transition period and despite … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Davis, Iain Duncan Smith, Nigel Lawson
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Training people in low skills is needed?
In an interview on Monday night’s newsnight, Iain Duncan Smith explains what sort of barriers to immigration he believes that the Government will impose post Brexit. He was interviewed by Emily Maitlis who carefully asked who would be let in. … Continue reading
Lets end the pretence
The uncivil war in the Conservative Party is not about one man and his decision to resign, but rather about the extent to which loyalty to a political party has broken ranks with the need to be open and honest … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Marr, Brexit, David Laws, Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Corbyn
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A new form of interview?
After watching Iain Duncan Smith on this mornings Marr show bearing in mind the focus was on a national referendum, it became clear that we need a new form of public discourse. He made a number of dishonest and misleading statements in … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy, Scottish Referendum
Tagged Andrew Marr, Brexit, Iain Duncan Smith
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Democracy is too precious
This week a number of issues have arisen at the same time which all point to how tawdry the political parties have made our democracy. The challenge here in the UK is of course a pale reflection of the distressing … Continue reading
British Values – but not as we know them
Speaking on Any Questions on Friday night Michael Morpurgo confessed to not knowing what British Values are despite being 71. Sadly for Michael, the opportunities for finding out about these values in the UK are tailored towards the young and … Continue reading
Everyone counts
Together we seem pretty bad at caring for a small number of vulnerable people and those with needs that are not the experience of most of us. Few of us are ever likely to end up in a police cell … Continue reading
How radical are we prepared to get?
Its not a suggestion that we burn down the Houses of Parliament during the recess, but rather we look for areas where funds could be saved from the national budget that avoid taking it from the weak and the vulnerable. … Continue reading
A revealing exchange
On Monday afternoon two well educated and well paid men had a conversation amongst their peers in a place of great scrutiny, but due to the difficulty in observing all such conversations, this one could so easily have been missed. … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Iain Duncan Smith, Simon Kirby MP, Troubled Families
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The men who stripped the roof
One of the regular phrases applied to the Brown/Blair Governments by the coalition when first arriving in office was that they failed to mend the roof whilst the sun was shining. The incomers made these accusations filled with confidence (or … Continue reading
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