Video: Glenda Jackson MP demolishes Iain Duncan Smith

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IDS has "plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury", said the Labour MP.

IDS has “plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury”, said the Labour MP

Yesterday’s House of Commons debate on the performance of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under Iain Duncan Smith was ignited by an intervention by Glenda Jackson. The Labour MP for Hampstead claimed that IDS had “plunged thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens into the most abject penury”.

“We are seeing people on ESA (employment support allowance) who are waiting months before their appeals will be heard, and during that period they are either told to apply to Jobseekers Allowance which they cannot do because they have been told they are unfit for work, and they are absolutely without any kind of financial support at all.”

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23 Responses to “Video: Glenda Jackson MP demolishes Iain Duncan Smith”

  1. pillarboxred

    and yes, those neighbours were a disgrace, fingering their i-phone – there is such a base lack of manners now as so many individuals do not recognise the basic codes of human behaviour hence we are in this fucked up atmomised state of existance. A Doom on that policical house.

  2. Dff

    Wow way to pick up on a tiny bit of a valid comment and completely blast it out of proportion. Dude, what about sticking to the point at hand made by the comment. If people in this country were half as intent as you in concentrating on our differences we will never be able to get rid of an idiot like IDS.

  3. Norfolk29

    I am an atheist but IDS is a Catholic. I used to be a Catholic so I know the concepts of religion and the justifications used by religious people to condone the existence of hunger and injustice. However, unless we get rid of the coalition next May it will continue for another 5 years of IDS. You should read Nick Cohan’s articles in the Observer if you want to know how bad IDS is

  4. Jake

    I am proud to be a fan of this remarkable woman. We need a lot more like her

  5. Jake

    I am proud to be a fan of this remarkable woman. We need a lot more like her

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