Iain Duncan Smith

The New Victorians: tinned tuna and Tory grandees

December 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • At our branch last night, we had a discussion about Dickens and his reasons for writing A Christmas Carol. This book was written just at the time Queen Victoria’s marriage to ...

Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • The mantra of the caring, sharing Tory party is “We will protect the most vulnerable.” It was banged out during the last general election campaign at regular intervals. ...

The first cuts were not the deepest

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson While all other parties promised at least to slow down the rate of austerity, and while the SSP’s manifesto was a people’s one, at the heart of the ...

What difference will replacing ATOS make?

March 13, 2015 // 3 Comments

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson In October of last year, ATOS—much loved by campaigners against the work capability assessments—announced they would be exiting their contract with ...

Personal independence payments: the attacks continue relentlessly

January 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster, SSP co-spokesperson It is time for the ConDems to put aside peace and goodwill to all men and continue with their dismantling of the Welfare State. The DWP have announced the new ...

Fat cat rule under pressure as No camp’s lies are unmasked

October 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Just weeks from the No vote, the bitter reality behind the cynical promises of the Westminster parties about caring and sharing Britain grows ever ...

Let’s target the real scroungers

October 22, 2014 // 1 Comment

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson In the lead up to the referendum vote, the future of the welfare state was one of the issues referred to by the Scottish Government. Nicola Sturgeon ...