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Fallout of the Ian Duncan Smith resignation 2016-03-21 09:51:09 Post No. 30875
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Does /news/ think Smith's resignation as head of the department of work and pensions will have major repercussions for the Conservative party? Cameron is already having to come out to defend himself after Smith's attacks while on Marr, Osborne looks to be in a terrible position with opposition mounting in his own party.
Will Labour be able to capitalise on this? Yougov had their first poll with Labour with a one point lead a few days previous to the budget, though it should be added that Yougov's online polling sometimes overestimates opposition parties, or those with active grassroots supporters. Or will everyone just forget this ever happened, Cameron and Osborne weather the storm and the Tories win big in 2020 again.
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It will be all but forgotten by 2020.
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There will be large repurcussions for the Conservative Party, yes. This basically puts the nail in the coffin for Osborne's hopes of becoming the next leader.
However, I doubt Labour will capitalise as they are currently incompetent
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Give it 3 months and nobody will care.
Is it even clear why he resigned? I've been hearing both pensions and EU shit.
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he actually resigned because of a damning document that was made public under the freedom of information act the day before.
that showed how he had totally failed in spending money and changed figures on how many people had killed themselves etc.
he used the benefits thing as an excuse to make himself look like the good guy.
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He's one of the Conservative party's main line sluggers, so yes, it's going to have major repercussions.
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