Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

Gang war

There’s a social crisis coming, says Iain Duncan Smith, and we must act now to avert it

issue 20 August 2011

There’s a social crisis coming, says Iain Duncan Smith, and we must act now to avert it

Most politicians who hang pictures of battle scenes in their office do so from a sense of nostalgia. For Iain Duncan Smith, it is about militaristic feng shui. Since becoming Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the former soldier has approached his job as he would a battle.

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