{"id":36423,"date":"2016-03-21T17:55:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T17:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=36423"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T10:42:36","slug":"iain-duncan-smith-has-revealed-the-empty-truth-of-compassionate-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/03\/21\/iain-duncan-smith-has-revealed-the-empty-truth-of-compassionate-conservatism\/","title":{"rendered":"Iain Duncan Smith has revealed the empty truth of compassionate conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am convinced that IDS has some sort of personality disorder. The level of apparent \u00a0cognitive\u00a0dissonance is a bit weird. But what do I know?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\"PoweredThis article titled “Iain Duncan Smith has revealed the empty truth of compassionate conservatism” was written by Suzanne Moore, for theguardian.com on Monday 21st March 2016 11.14 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

Are we to accept that awful croaker, Iain Duncan Smith, as some new martyr in the fight against austerity? Clearly the man who lied extensively on his CV<\/a> is still in the business of self\u2013delusion. His sudden realisation that the government was bearing down on the weakest in society, those who were never going to vote Tory anyway, has woken him from his slumber. The rise in food banks<\/a>, the huge rise in homelessness<\/a>, the suicides of those being sanctioned<\/a>, the disabled suffering because of bedroom tax<\/a>, the end of EMA<\/a>, the long and continuing attack on single parents<\/a>, predominantly women and children \u2013 he was just fine with all that.<\/p>\n