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Iain Duncan Smith is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He later became the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. Born in Edinburgh and raised in Solihull, he served in the Scots Guards before entering politics and winning a seat in Parliament in 1992.
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Susan Duncan Smith
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Edward St. Alban Duncan Smith
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Henry St. John Duncan Smith
Rosanna Tatiana Duncan Smith
Sir George Iain Duncan Smithfor Chingford and Woodford Green, formerly Chingford, since 1992.
The son of W. G. G. Duncan Smith, a Royal Air Force flying ace, Duncan Smith was born in Edinburgh and raised in Solihull. After education at the HMS Conway training school and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, seeing tours in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia. He joined the Conservative Party in 1981. After unsuccessfully contesting Bradford West in 1987, he was elected to Parliament at the 1992 general election. He was a backbencher during the premiership of John Major. During the leadership of William Hague he was Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security between 1997 and 1998, and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 1998 to 2001.
Following the resignation of William Hague, Duncan Smith won the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election, partly owing to the support of Margaret Thatcher for his Eurosceptic beliefs. However, many Conservative MPs came to consider him incapable of winning the next general election and, in 2003, he lost a vote of confidence in his leadership; he immediately resigned and was succeeded by Michael Howard. Returning to the backbenches, Duncan Smith founded the Centre for Social Justice, a centre-right think tank independent of the Conservative Party, and became chair of its Social Justice Policy Group.
In May 2010, new Prime Minister David Cameron appointed him to serve in the cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. During his tenure, he was responsible for seeing through changes to the welfare state. He resigned from the cabinet in March 2016, in opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed cuts to disability benefits, returning to the backbenches, where he remains.
Iain Duncan Smith has held several high-profile positions in the UK government, including Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003, and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016.
Iain Duncan Smith served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, with tours in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia, after attending the HMS Conway training school and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Iain Duncan Smith was born on April 9, 1954, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Iain Duncan Smith joined the Conservative Party in 1981 and was first elected to Parliament in 1992, representing the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green.
Iain Duncan Smith won the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election but lost a vote of confidence in 2003, leading to his resignation as party leader.
As Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016, Iain Duncan Smith was responsible for overseeing changes to the welfare state in the UK.
Iain Duncan Smith resigned from his position as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in March 2016 in opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed cuts to disability benefits.
Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
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The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.
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That thing, ‘You must stay together for the kids’, is out of fashion but is right. It’s not arguing parents that children don’t like, it is having one parent.
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