Not All Toffs Are Bully Boys

Iain Duncan Smith may come across as a bit condescending with his proposal to reward council tenants for good behaviour.

But the man who had to be removed because he was threatening to turn the 2005 Election into a proper contest, and who has since given interviews saying that he didn’t care which party won so long as certain policies were implemented, may well be onto something.

Unlike New Labour, he can at least see the difference between the people who might benefit from this scheme and the razor-wielding junkies on the game in whose interest New Labour wished to evict them, and whom it wished to move in next door to them, by abolishing security of tenure.

Think of them as your tenants, IDS, and secure them accordingly.