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indypremium: Gambling White Paper ‘desperately’ needed, says former Tory leader

Consarvatives: JUST IN By today we will have a drop in restrictions. But only for friends of Iain Duncan Smith.

indypremium: May: Immigration reforms make it harder to catch traffickers

RoadsideMum: Then, sorry, that was the primer, you need to read this one.

trickytimestoo: The 2030 deadline for the elimination of petrol and diesel engine cars in the UK is simply not achievable. Says Sir Iain Duncan Smith. Sales, not the vehicles, you panic merchant.

warwickmansell: I understand that the local MP for two of the schools, Iain Duncan Smith, is among those urging them to extend the consultation period, which has lasted only four weeks.

symington_lucy: Iain Duncan Smith adds his voice to what impact this mistreatment of potential victims will have with catching traffickers and prosecutions

EGRIntel: Former Conservative Party leader and vocal reformist hints government has engaged with proposals

immigrationbot: From The Independent: May: Immigration reforms make it harder to catch traffickers and slave drivers

PollingUnPacked: Another way to put Sunak's polling into context: Ave. Conservative support under Iain Duncan Smith: 31% Ave. Conservative support this month: 28%

eGamingjobs: DCMS chief has “rowed in” behind reformist white paper proposals, says Iain Duncan Smith

PARLYapp: Minister coming under close questioning from Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith and opposition MPs on the parts of the bill relating to modern slavery

Johnhellothere: Amazingly Theresa May has just put Jenrick right in his place lying with statistics. He is a fascist in disguise. Now Iain Duncan Smith has too !!

Ponkbutler: The whole “plan” is simply mad - May: Immigration reforms make it harder to catch traffickers and slave drivers

indypremium: Gambling White Paper ‘desperately’ needed, says former Tory leader

richard_kaputt: Theresa May warns Illegal Migration Bill will make it "much harder" to catch and stop traffickers and slave drivers. The Conservative former PM wants talks with the Government to resolve her concerns about protections for modern slavery victims.

Futurefox2: “Raising corporation tax will be a disaster,” says the former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith.

Ian63smart: 'ULEZ is a DISASTER!' | Iain Duncan Smith hits out at Sadiq Khan

Harley_Tory: Sadiq Khan’s Ulez policy has been branded an “utter disaster” by former Conservative Party leader, Iain Duncan Smith.

ConsPost: Iain Duncan Smith comments on London’s ULEZ plans, MP sting and says to “certainly not write Boris off”

arafel2: Just caught up with results from Wednesday’s vote. “Among the Conservative rebels were Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Iain Duncan Smith, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel….” With a group like that, the opposite to whatever they support is probably the right place to be.

darthton: Former tory leader Iain Duncan Smith is currently comparing the Chinese president with Hitler on BBC News.

PatrickJStoner1: CONSERVATIVE MPs AGAINST THE BILL 2 James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford) Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North) Adam Holloway (Gravesham) Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood)

zoenora6: Meanwhile leading China hawk Iain Duncan Smith is pretty happy about the ban But wants the government to go further and extend it to minister's personal phones

TReese82: Happy 69th B-Day to Politician Iain Duncan Smith!

harrisimo: Iain Duncan Smith talking about TikTok

1kilroywashere: History eh .. 2019 Work till you drop Centre for Social Justice think tank fronted by IDS proposed pension age should rise to 75 over next 16yrs

AmeliaJ75679765: Iain Duncan Smith Mark Francois Jonathan Gullis Adam Holloway Andrea Jenkyns Boris Johnson David Jones Danny Kruger Craig Mackinlay Dr Matthew Offord Priti Patel John Redwood Jacob Rees Mogg Elizabeth Truss (the dwindling Johnson supporters who voted against Sunak deal)

Strandsky: Boris Johnson, Liz Truss. Priti Patel, Jacob Rees Mogg, Iain Duncan Smith - is there no end to the list of revolting ex ministers?

BillBates01: "The faces of the remaining rebels will be of significant comfort to Sunak, despite containing three former Tory leaders, Johnson, Liz Truss and Iain Duncan Smith. ... Generally they are a parade of yesterday’s men and the awkward squad."

ashcowburn: NEW: 22 Conservatives MPs voted *against* key part of Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal. They include Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Liz Truss, Simon Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith.

helen_spirit1: Starmer accused of hypocrisy over opposition to relaxation of pension tax rules

CreamOnTop: Mark Francois, chairman of the European Research Group (ERG), said the opposition to the deal from former prime ministers Mr Johnson and Liz Truss, ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and former home secretary Priti Patel has “certainly boosted the numbers”. Really.

DCBMEP: 2/2 1/2 James Duddridge Iain Duncan Smith Mark Francois Jonathan Gullis Adam Holloway Andrea Jenkyns Boris Johnson David Jones Danny Kruger Craig Mackinlay Matthew Offord Priti Patel John Redwood Jacob Rees-Mogg Liz Truss.

Pupp3t_Ma5ter: Tory MPs voting against the Windsor Framework; Sir James Duddridge David Jones Boris Johnson Liz Truss Sir Iain Duncan Smith Priti Patel Sir John Redwood Andrea Jenkyns Peter Bone Mark Francois Simon Clarke Jacob Rees-Mogg Adam Holloway

jettisonbaggage: Thank you for raising this. If people like Iain Duncan Smith get their way we'll all be working to 75!

docrussjackson: The Social Mobility Commission was formerly the Social Mobility & Child Poverty Commission (2012–16) & originally the Child Poverty Commission (2010–12). Originally, it was to monitor child poverty, but Iain Duncan-Smith's Welfare Reform & Work Act 2016 changed its emphasis.

HuwPryce: Hold on... Sir Iain Duncan-Smith can, shortly after doing a photo-op at Auschwitz, can stand up at the Tory conference and use the slogan from the gates at Auschwitz to describe welfare policy toward the disabled, and nobody turns a hair. 1)

stopuklies: Remember this? Why Iain Duncan Smith really resigned

helmandproject: The Leader of the Opposition, Iain Duncan Smith, spoke to state that the Conservatives would support the motion. This was key, in that Blair needed them to win the vote. The bulk of Conservatives, convinced by the intelligence and Goldsmith’s advice, voted with the whip 173/X

Crashed7: One thing that stood out to me was the appearances of the Catholic priests. What ever happened to Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees Mogg? They certainly weren't listening when the priests were chatting

BeeAHoney_: “Iain Duncan Smith SLAMS Rishi Sunak’s ‘China Position’”

ExactNewz: Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Iain Duncan Smith was no match for Tony Blair who proceeded to flatterhim by including him in what was carefully presented

sarcastictvat: As the issue of incompatibility between Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement rumbles on Let's remember what the Tories, and in particular Iain Duncan Smith said about the 'oven-reary deal'

Iraq20ParlUK: The Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, embodied the complete inability to distinguish between what the UN weapons inspectors had been saying, and what Tony Blair, Jack Straw and other were claiming that the UN weapons inspectors said. 35/

GBNEWS: 'I have just had a unanimous vote to reselect me ready to fight the election...an election I'm fighting to win.' Iain Duncan Smith exclusively confirms to GB News that he has been reselected for the next election.

ConsPost: I’m fighting to win the next election, says Sir Iain Duncan Smith

NewsfeedsMedia: Iain Duncan Smith urges ministers to open MI6's Covid files on Wuhan lab theory

jshmellor: The third bid was for town centre and park improvements in the north of the borough - the constituency of Conservative of Green MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith. Waltham Forest Council is good at bidding, so maybe just a coincidence. But shows how strange the whole bidding game is...

Luckio12: Ah yes .... Work will set you free is what Iain duncan smith quoted .. no one cried about calling him out Nazism then why is that and it wasn't insulting ... Yet they're farther right now and apparently suddenly it's insulting

zoenora6: Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith warned it would be difficult to prevent ministers/officials using personal devices for govt work, therefore limiting the effectiveness of a ban How can the govt prevent the data of ministers and MPs on personal devices from being at risk?

Iain_Coleman: I suspect Lee may be handy with a suckerpunch, and Glenn is in pretty decent shape for an older gentleman, but as long as I take Duncan Smith down with me, idgaf

Hephaestus7: When Jobcentre work coaches query you on what work you can do, reply enthusiastically: China offered me a full-time job to spy on Iain Duncan Smith.

ZaqsTech: China criticises UK after TikTok banned on Government phones

SaraDoctors: The budget is like the opening scene in a disaster movie… wonder if we’re all going to be wiped out by nuclear power, deregulated meds, rogue AI, or worked to death by Iain Duncan Smith

GarethJ68493066: when George Osbourne and Iain Duncan Smith get together they will both pat each other on the back and say "Didn't we do Well".

Independent: Sunak promises ‘swift and robust action’ to counter Chinese threat

georgebernhard: Good Lord. This bill is so extreme that Theresa "hostile environment" May opposes it, Iain "rabid nutter" Duncan Smith criticises it, and even some of the dinosaur-denying...err... dinosaurs of the DUP hate it. Not people usually overburdened with a surfeit of compassion.

IanDunt: Iain Duncan Smith is up. Broadly supportive of the bill but tbf to him he raises issues with the slavery issue. "The single group with greatest credibility and likelihood of prosecuting those people smugglers are those who have been trafficked and then give evidence...

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breeallegretti: Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith believes: “We look soft to the Chinese … We have become fearful, not feared.” But Sunak promises that tomorrow’s integrated review update will have a “thoughtful and detailed approach” to China.

brookehollandl: Tuesday 14 March: FCDO oral questions, which I'm sure will include some topical questions on the Int Review refresh. Also, Sir Iain Duncan Smith leads a debate on a Motion on seizure of Russian assets.

zoenora6: Iain Duncan-Smith says he thinks a ban should extend to ministers' personal phones And Alicia Kearns welcomes a possible ban on gov devices but urges colleagues to not use TikTok on personal devices either: “Colleagues will need to reflect that no-one is 'not of interest."

NewStatesman: Viewers of Laura Kuenssberg’s programme were greeted by the sight of Rachel Johnson, Iain Duncan Smith and Tesco chairman John Allan.

wariotifo: did you know that the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves had her official credit card taken off her for failing to show the spending (on the public purse) was valid?

MPIainDS: Alongside Universal Support, the government should announce an “Into Work Guarantee”, reassuring claimants that if the job doesn’t work out, they can return to their earlier benefits without undergoing a new work capability assessment for a set period.

Carolyn69816106: Lockdowns created 'explosion in working-age welfare' but Iain Duncan Smith has a plan

Aldo94822596: Lockdowns created 'explosion in working-age welfare'

keith298: IDS calls on Rishi Sunak to tackle European judges 'head on'

o79685225: A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.,Iain Duncan Smith,Support, Now, System ,

ioanmarcjones: BBC Chair Richard Sharp was hired on merit, not because he secured a loan for Boris Johnson. Any suggestion of Conservative bias at the BBC is absurd. Now let's turn to John Allan, Rachel Johnson, Iain Duncan Smith, and James Cleverly for further discussion.

janemick: tour tory government victim-blaming since 2011

josrz: IDS calls on Rishi Sunak to tackle European judges 'head on'

DaveDB32: IDS calls on Rishi Sunak to tackle European judges 'head on'

FlowersEnglish: Sir Iain Duncan Smith calls on Rishi Sunak to tackle European judges 'head on'

jane798m: IDS calls on Rishi Sunak to tackle European judges 'head on'

PaulWhelan745: Braverman hadn’t gone far enough for Tories Iain Duncan Smith Simon Clarke Bill Cash Mark Francois all begged the home secretary to leave the ECHR If international law was going to be tricky just ignore it go it alone What was wrong with turning the UK into a pariah state?-JCrace

Summers2theB: Iain Duncan-Smith could find better candidates for Home Secretary than Braverman hunting for green truffles up his hooter.

Gledster: However, it's also the state working AS INTENDED. This is the system this group of Conservatives want. Designed by the sack of vomit that is Iain Duncan Smith, underfunded by Satan in human cosplay George Osborne and left to do its thing.

SqueakinglyJen: Iain Duncan Smith - ECtHR stay on removal for Rwanda case - what on that? Braverman: rule 39 order ex parte - will have detail in the bill to address that scenario

jane798m: Home Office 'fears' revenge if Xi's police stations in UK are raided

Nevfountain: The joke is you’re a saying this as a Tory. If Michael Howard or Iain Duncan-Smith had been PM there wouldn’t even have been a HOC vote. They’d have been in a tank turret with the flack jacket on before you could say WMD.

timg33: Oops auto fill correction. Iain Duncan Smith MP and China spies etc not Daft David Davis MP.

AnthonyGlees: What does Iain Duncan Smith say about this? He’s dead set on our joining CPTPP but Xi might be there first. In which case we couldn’t join.

WilliamSheehy1: Harassment of Hong Kong expats proves the UK Government is weak on China, says Sir Iain Duncan Smith - inews

MPIainDS: It cannot be right that the invasion of someone’s home by gangs - 'cuckooing' - for criminal purposes is out of the reach of the Modern Slavery Act. This is a crime that devastates vulnerable people in the very place that should be their sanctuary.

MPIainDS: Harassment of Hong Kong expats proves the Government is weak on China and doesn’t achieve anything. The UK Government now need to recognise that China is, as the Prime Minister once said, a systemic threat, not a systemic challenge.

Hossylass: "written off by the tories"? And yet Jon is 'friends' with the right wing think tank Centre for Social Justice - established by Iain Duncan Smith. Employers dont employ people who are too sick to work.

vometia: The more I hear about Kieth Starmer, the more he reminds me of Iain Duncan Smith. yikes.

faizashaheen: Amazing turnout today!!!! Thank you to everyone that came, it really does make a difference! If you want to help us to vote Iain Duncan Smith out and me in, sign up on my website

Sarcasticus__: "Political frenemy, Iain Duncan Smith." Tells you absolutely everything you need to know about the Labour Party.

NineDragons2: In February, China had some form of quarrel with: USA, Czechia, genuine products, Ukraine, Sri Lankan Buddhist monks, foreigners, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Canada, HK people, The Simpsons, Australia, EU, Iain Duncan-Smith...

adwooldridge: The biggest problem for the Tory Party is that ordinary people never want to hear the words “Sir Iain Duncan Smith says,” or “Sir John Redwood complains” ever again,

SteveTransform: Criminology twitter - any sense of how useful/necessary a new law on cuckooing would be?....or is this is more a case of being seen to act by passing a law to ban something thats already illegal?

riawalton4: This article is relevant to continuation of my interesting life experience of Child Exploitation & Adult exploitation

martijnboersma: No doubt that ‘cuckooing’ needs to be criminalised. It also shows how many practices get labelled as 'modern slavery', which (not for the first time) raises the question of conceptual muddling.

sheeplewakeup: 1) The six Brexiteers who could challenge Rishi Sunak: Mark Francois, The leader of the powerful European Research Group (ERG) will be a key mouthpiece for Eurosceptic Tory MPs. Iain Duncan Smith, Steve Baker, Jacob Rees-Mogg...

zoenora6: But now senior Tories, including former leader Iain Duncan Smith and foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns, think the app threatens national security They say its links to China mean it could be compelled to hand data over to the Chinese intelligence agencies

zoenora6: A couple of weeks ago, I visited Iain Duncan Smith in his parliamentary office to talk about the risks of TikTok He hid his phone in the cupboard during our chat: “It’s the only way to make sure China isn't listening”

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