The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Dave Hill: While David Cameron likes to talk about our 'broken society', Iain Duncan Smith is calling more audibly for it to be fixed
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The LabourBoy blog reminds us that Labour’s National Minimum Wage increases come into force today: “Up to £5.73 an hour for the over 21s. Iain Duncan Smith, the man who David Cameron has thanked as turning the Conservatives into the party of ’social justice’, voted against it’s introduction, as did approximately 106 other Conservative MPs.”
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Iain Duncan Smith accuses political class of chasing short-term headlines instead of tackling key social issues
Janet Mackinnon (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
The Prime Minister has been keen to emphasise just how "ordinary" he is during the Labour Party Conference, although he also wants to be seen as a "serious man for serious times". Sounds a bit like Iain Duncan-Smith's "quiet man" stuff to me, so I'm hoping Gordon Brown will be off doing something more suited to his "ordinariness" in the not-too-distant future : adviser to the nuclear industry perhaps,...
The Regalis Blog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
So it was that Iain Duncan Smith, who will speaking to our society in March, aptly noted the lack of serious talk on the economy in Gordon Brown's closing speech at the Labour Party conference today. Although the response from the Labour Party to Brown's speech appears to have been positive and it may have helped to save his leadership, at least temporarily, his speech lacked any solid comment about...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Conservative MP and former party leader Ian Duncan Smith has criticised the Metropolitan Police for not prosecuting George Michael for drugs offences.
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Will Gord’s ovation be longer than IDS’s in 2003? After the speculation here on the site a week ago Ladbrokes have a market on the length of the standing ovation for Gordon Brown at the end of his speech tomorrow morning. The big question is whether Gord can outdo Iain Duncan Smith - the last main [...]
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
As much as I'm a fan of David Miliband, I've got to admit that his speech just now bored me to tears. He can't seem to sound passionate about anything. Quiet men don't succeed as leaders, just ask Iain Duncan Smith. If he wants to be a future leader, he needs to get some life in him!
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
ToryDiary: Iain Duncan Smith condemns Met for for failing to charge George Michael Mark Field MP on Platform: Ian Blair has led the Met to the brink of disaster Seats and candidates: Marginal seats data for sale Kate Davies on...
timrollpickering (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
And the result of the Australian Liberal leadership election is in. Sydney Morning Herald: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Brendan Nelson as Liberal Party leader . Now whether or not this will prove to be the Australian Liberals' Iain Duncan Smith to Michael Howard moment remains to be seen. Although Malcolm Turnbull was a Cabinet minister in the last Coalition government, he is best known in the UK as the...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
'I dreamt that I saw Iain Duncan Smith riding on an ostrich through Parliament Square. Make of that what you will.' Victoria Brignell on insomnia and other matters... At the time of writing I am going through a bout of insomnia. Last night I lay in bed and watched the green numbers on my digital clock flick through the hours of the night at the same pace as a snail carrying a heavy bag of shopping....
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Dear Iain Duncan Smith, It is quite amazing to watch your rejuvenation in British politics. You only have to go back a few years to see an Iain Duncan Smith without the support of his own party or the public, with your departure as leader of the Conservative Party an inevitably. In stark constrast, your policy [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Children in care should be able to sue their local council if it fails to provide them with a decent upbringing and education, a think-tank chaired by the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith will argue today.
Personal Loans Blog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Iain Duncan Smith, the former leader of the Conservative Party, has released a report into the British debt problem as part of his work on social justice. It presents grim reading. ‘Despite the economic downturn, we are still borrowing more. Total UK personal debt currently stands at £1.44 trillion - an increase of about £160 billion since [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Policy Exchange – widely regarded as David Cameron's favourite think-tank – was founded in 2001 to keep the modernising flame burning in Conservative ranks after the right-winger Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader.
