Iain ‘Duncan’ Smith’s At the heart of all these social security reform fiascoes is Iain ‘Duncan’ Smith’s IQ. This is a man who was ‘returned to unit’ in the army after seven years as a lieutenant, who then made no headway at all in private industry but managed to secure himself a sinecure in a safe Tory seat, partly on the recommendation of Norman Tebbit, who recognized a fellow unreconstructed right-wing nutjob when he met one. Years later, on the strength of chutzpah, Smith inveigled himself into the leadership of the party, only to be undone by Michael Crick’s revelations about his falsified CV in which IDS suggested degree level qualifications from the University of Perugia, an establishment he had never set foot in. Then came the business with his expenses claim for his wife acting as his ‘diary secretary’ whilst he was leader, which resulted in him repaying £15000 after a Commons inquiry in which his office apparatchiks all bore witness against him. After losing the leadership it became clear to him that he had the skills and capacity to become a novelist and produced a ‘work’ which was strangled at birth by the critics and never made it to paperback. Having given up in the army, in industry, as party leader and as a novelist, he thinks he has the necessary management skills and wherewithal to run one of the largest departments of state and to introduce a ‘welfare revolution’ to boot. And with all those reforms in meltdown, his denial soldiers on unabated: they are ‘on track’ and ‘on time’ and ‘on budget’ when in reality they came off the rails months ago and the cost of them is, to date, calculated in the hundreds of millions. ain ‘Duncan’ Smith, not of the University of Perugia, is a one man catastrophe in the Department for Work and Pensions, just as he has been at every turn of his ‘career’. You could not, to coin a phrase, make it up. But then, you are not Smith: if you haven’t got a double-barrelled name, just make it up; if you haven’t got a degree, just make it up; and if you don’t like the figures they give you, just make up different ones.” Telegraph Link: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/31/universal .......................................
Fastest growing economy in Europe. Unemployment falling. Government waste slashed. Good work IDS and the rest.
Wages in real terms have been decimated, rising food, energy and fuel prices = Millions being pushed inro poverty and facing a heating v eating dilemma this winter. Yep bang up job they are doing.
valley your dead right dude.>>>>what pisses me off is the fact we get stuck with want England wants rather than who the welsh voted for>>>>its a numbers stitch up and we are the minority in Britain these days .......and lets be honest the tories will always hit wales hardest(cut backs in funding) when they get in>>>>they cant stand our working class history and our politics that come from it im with Russell brand on not voting>>>>>>>>I always grew up with politics with my father (godbless him) being a miner...........but I don't feel anyone in politics is doing it for the best of the people these days.....its an illusion of freedom and unless we change the way politics that now runs in this country we are going 2 get poorer and poorer with less and less liberties>>>>our health and life expectancy is getting lower in the poorest part of Britain(the valleys) by the day.........................we need a peaceful change of leadership in this country but I don't think the rich peoples private security forces(the police) would want anything other than major bloodshed because they will not give up the leadership without a fight I can tell thee>>>>> like any protest in Britain its brutally beaten down >>>>call that a free country because I fking don't.
I don't like Russell brand but please listen to his views here...[video=youtube;_CoVuEkp3Bk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CoVuEkp3Bk[/video]
Things might have been easier to deal with had our dear "Socialists" not flooded our country, and economy, with unrestricted immigration. We are paying the price for that political ploy and it cannot be denied. Labour have ADMITTED what they did, conceded it was WRONG and have publicly APOLOGISED for it. Look what they left us with when, as a matter of historical record, they inherited a Rolls Royce economy. Absolute scum! I'm not getting into political wrangling here because no one ever wins them and all it does is generate bad feeling. I think there's enough rancour on this board as it is without adding to it. I'm just pointing out that there are two sides to every argument and the Labour party are every bit as bad in their own way. For me, I think ALL politicians are self-serving scum who feather their own nests at our expense. They just do it under different names.
Norway I firstly thought brand will cutting edge when he started out on tv....then he became a dick.......fame and money hey........he has now come back in anger after rubbing shoulders with the rich wnd famous and I'm fully behind him and his views...for the first time in a long while we have someone on our side ane is using his celebrity profile 2reach the masses.........he's got everything 2lose and i'll take my hat off 2him..........the messiah complex. Ivor yep they all cut from the same cloth.......thatcher had 2marry dennis just 2get into the tory party.......dusty old imperialistic scum they b
No, those figures are incredibly misleading. Roughly square mile of London made enough money to cancel out the continued contraction if the remaining several million square miles of the entire United Kingdom. Of that cash generated in the 1 square mile over 80% is destined to leave the United Kingdom because it was generated by foreign banks undergoing international monetary business, who happen to have their European Headquarters located in Luxemburg, France, Spain and Germany meaning they transfer all profits to those nations and pay only them the various taxes under EU law. Did you enjoy your pay rise this year?
[video=youtube;chqi8m4CEEY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=chqi8m4CEEY[/video]
not a bad speech.... [video=youtube;pK2WJd5bXFg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pK2WJd5bXFg[/video]
unless your a banker ofcourse......they get them above the rate of inflation even if they fail>>>>good work if you can get it>>>>>>no good for me tho Im crap sleeping on my conscience.
IDS is a sick twat who thinks he and his colleagues deserved the 10K pay rise they recently got while telling us we should manage on £52 / week to live on....wake up people..
AND most mp`s getting their energy bills paid for them on expenses. We`re all in this together, yeah right!!!!!!!!!
tory boy [video=youtube;1ZNNfKbHtD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1ZNNfKbHtD4[/video]
the same at labours worst leader ever..Tony tory blair the supposedly former labour leader who now works for the tories..
