J jockscott Joined 14 May 2013 Messages 2,179 Reaction score 717 Location East Lothian Country 18 Mar 2016 #1 Ian Duncan Smith has tonight resigned over the planned changes to disability benefits (PIP) Well, I for one didn't see that coming.
Ian Duncan Smith has tonight resigned over the planned changes to disability benefits (PIP) Well, I for one didn't see that coming.
securespark Joined 11 Jan 2004 Messages 42,758 Reaction score 2,641 Country 18 Mar 2016 #2 Yee-hah! What's the chances of the rest following him?
J jockscott Joined 14 May 2013 Messages 2,179 Reaction score 717 Location East Lothian Country 19 Mar 2016 #3 About as much chance of a slug surviving in a packet of salt.
D Doug99 Joined 14 Jan 2005 Messages 1,833 Reaction score 280 Location Glamorgan Country 19 Mar 2016 #4 At last, a politician has stood by his convictions and done the honourable thing by resigning. How long will it take before the No 10 PR machine suggests some sort of 'ulterior motive' behind the move?
At last, a politician has stood by his convictions and done the honourable thing by resigning. How long will it take before the No 10 PR machine suggests some sort of 'ulterior motive' behind the move?
securespark Joined 11 Jan 2004 Messages 42,758 Reaction score 2,641 Country 19 Mar 2016 #5 They haven't gone that far, but they have suggested they are mystified as to why he would resign when he was happy with the cuts not so long ago....
They haven't gone that far, but they have suggested they are mystified as to why he would resign when he was happy with the cuts not so long ago....
JohnD Joined 15 Nov 2005 Messages 88,991 Reaction score 6,686 Location South Country 19 Mar 2016 #6 some people think he wouldn't have done it if he'd seen eye to eye with Oily Dave over Brexit.
JohnD Joined 15 Nov 2005 Messages 88,991 Reaction score 6,686 Location South Country 19 Mar 2016 #7 Lord Ashcroft, the "pig's head biography" man, has posted a tweet: In history we had empires so emperors ruled. Then we had kingdoms so kings ruled. Now we are just a country... — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) March 19, 2016
Lord Ashcroft, the "pig's head biography" man, has posted a tweet: In history we had empires so emperors ruled. Then we had kingdoms so kings ruled. Now we are just a country... — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) March 19, 2016
JohnD Joined 15 Nov 2005 Messages 88,991 Reaction score 6,686 Location South Country 19 Mar 2016 #8 ...but an alternative explanation of the resignation has emerged... "Iain Duncan Smith lost court battle to suppress publication of potentially embarrassing DWP memos, days before resignation" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...entially-embarrassing-dwp-memos-a6940881.html
...but an alternative explanation of the resignation has emerged... "Iain Duncan Smith lost court battle to suppress publication of potentially embarrassing DWP memos, days before resignation" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...entially-embarrassing-dwp-memos-a6940881.html
H Himaginn Joined 29 Dec 2015 Messages 2,972 Reaction score 62 Country 20 Mar 2016 #9 I gather those in the know are questioning more the timing than the actual decision.
JohnD Joined 15 Nov 2005 Messages 88,991 Reaction score 6,686 Location South Country 27 Mar 2016 #10 http://newsthump.com/2016/03/19/iain-duncan-smith-spends-first-day-as-benefits-scrounger/ but not actually the first scrounge. https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/w...S&chn=1000&geo=GB&ver=22&locale=en_GB&tpr=111
http://newsthump.com/2016/03/19/iain-duncan-smith-spends-first-day-as-benefits-scrounger/ but not actually the first scrounge. https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/w...S&chn=1000&geo=GB&ver=22&locale=en_GB&tpr=111