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Iain Duncan-Smith caught out again.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/06/iain-duncan-smith-dwp-numbers_n_4911277.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Iain Duncan Smith's 'Statistical Foul Play' Exposed For Fourth Time In Year Iain Duncan-Smith It is by now, clear to everyone (except of course David Cameron, who is responsible for appointing this failure), that Iain Duncan-Smith is a political and social liability. Having been exposed on at least 4 occasions as being unable to tell the truth on any area that he has ministerial responsibility for, and being equally  untruthful in his wider political career, this failed Conservative party leader, failed shadow defence secretary, central character in "Betsygate" to mention just a few points from his rather checkered past, continues to occupy a position far above his intellectual and personal capabilities. This reasons for his continued existence is a mystery to all. Many people have been predicting his sacking or resignation for some ti...

Iain Duncan-Smith: the nastiest of the "nasties"

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/23/iain-duncan-smith-wrag-benefit-cuts?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position4:anchor%20image  550,000 people currently considered too sick to work face losing financial support Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith   Iain Duncan-Smith crawls out from the woodwork with yet another pernicious proposal designed to inflict financial hardship on those least able to resist and to punish people for being sick. This is not in itself, unusual in this ConDem coalition country, where the demonisation and marginalisation of those sections of society, the sick, the disabled, the unemployed and any other benefit claimants are considered to be prime targets for cuts to the welfare system in the name of austerity and "saving money". In the case of Duncan-Smith, he alone stands out as the undisputed leader of the drive for harsher and harsher measures and takes the...