IIRC, he was such a dead loss as Tory leader he had to resign without ever fighting an election (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:31 PM

Ken Burch (50,254 posts)

After that, why would Cameron ever give him a place in the Cabinet?

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Iain Duncan-Smith has resigned after public outcry against proposed disability benefit cuts. [View all]	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	OP
Surprised it took this long. He was an embarassment. nt	TheDormouse	Mar 2016	#1
IIRC, he was such a dead loss as Tory leader he had to resign without ever fighting an election	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#2
We've been discussing it a bit here:	Denzil_DC	Mar 2016	#3
Nadine Dorries has been having a Twitter meltdown about it all.	Denzil_DC	Mar 2016	#4
Nadine Dorries and IDS deserve each other	LeftishBrit	Mar 2016	#7
An exchange of letters.	Denzil_DC	Mar 2016	#5
This is as though Paul Ryan or Rick Santorum resigned over a policy being a teensy bit too harsh	LeftishBrit	Mar 2016	#6
I heard it on The Last Leg	Bad Dog	Mar 2016	#8
IDS's replacement is Stephen Crabb.	Denzil_DC	Mar 2016	#9
Aaand beware, journos - already there's mischief afoot on his Wikipedia page:	Denzil_DC	Mar 2016	#10
Wow - 50 edits to his page between the election and last night; over 100 today	muriel_volestrangler	Mar 2016	#11
Cameron's Geoffrey Howe moment?	forest444	Mar 2016	#12
British politics right now....	T_i_B	Mar 2016	#13
Sorry to hear that, TiB.	forest444	Mar 2016	#14
That would be/is the worst in terms of division and electorally suicidal tendencies	LeftishBrit	Mar 2016	#15

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