IDS resigns

[jockscott]

Ian Duncan Smith has tonight resigned over the planned changes to disability benefits (PIP) Well, I for one didn't see that coming.

 

[securespark]

Yee-hah!

What's the chances of the rest following him?

 

[jockscott]

About as much chance of a slug surviving in a packet of salt.

 

[Doug99]

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]

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]

some people think he wouldn't have done it if he'd seen eye to eye with Oily Dave over Brexit.

 

[JohnD]

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]

...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

 

[Himaginn]

I gather those in the know are questioning more the timing than the actual decision.

 

[JohnD]

http://newsthump.com/2016/03/19/iain-duncan-smith-spends-first-day-as-benefits-scrounger/

but not actually the first scrounge.
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