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" When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.' "
Iain Duncan Smith
Bad
Good
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" I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already. "
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" You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. "
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" I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader. "
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" What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. "
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" Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available. "
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" Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about. "
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Team
" Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public. "
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" No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics. "
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" We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children. "
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Society
" We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people. "
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" With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others. "
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Leave
Think
" I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that. "
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I Am
Ladder
" Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage. "
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Over
Years
Marriage
" The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They think if only you spend and borrow more money you can create growth everywhere. "
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Run
Think
Money
" There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.' "
Iain Duncan Smith
Me
Throw
Say
" My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Always
View
Anything
" Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits. "
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Work
Family
" That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. "
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Fashion
Children
Together
" The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Become
Destroy
Now
" In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours. "
Iain Duncan Smith
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See
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" In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene. "
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Most
Broken
Same
" Due to the reliance on the old heavy industries in many parts of the country, it makes perfect sense that we need to spend more money per head of population on welfare support in Scotland. "
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Need
" Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad. "
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" The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to. "
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Go
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" We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work. "
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" A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate. "
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Support
" There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage. "
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" My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work. "
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" Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about. "
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City
Sea
" I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one. "
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Think
Political
Always