Iain Duncan Smith claimed Remainers want to leave the EU – 17 great rebuttals
Iain Duncan Smith is the MP who oversaw the slashing of payments to disabled people, changes in the fitness for work assessment that saw actual dying people ordered to find jobs, and increases in the benefits sanctions, which have been linked to higher levels of homelessness. He’s also one of the head cheerleaders of the Leave campaign – surprising, I know – so, when he finds his way onto political programmes these days, it’s generally to talk bollocks Brexit.
Here he is telling Bloomberg that most people – including Remainers – want to leave the EU now, and the majority of them would prefer a no-deal Brexit.
Polls suggest "the vast majority want to get out now, even if they voted Remain" and most people would be happy with a no-deal Brexit, Iain Duncan Smith says https://t.co/cWjms6ELp0 pic.twitter.com/mvtm7a4MWG
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) March 5, 2019
The polls do not say this. https://t.co/l0Cp6owals
— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) March 5, 2019
While the interviewer didn’t ask him to cite his sources, Twitter certainly took him to task for the astonishing claims.
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Narrator: He was lying.https://t.co/cRBU9YaFHI
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 5, 2019
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IDS has had some sort of electric storm in his head and needs to bathe his temples in eau de cologne and have a little lie down https://t.co/cdYPKiSa3K
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) March 5, 2019
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I really enjoy how, every time Chris Grayling is a walking catastrophe, IDS pops up to remind us of his claim to the throne https://t.co/h5kEPKJzV8
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) March 5, 2019
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In breaking news:
Dog bites man
Pope reveals he is a Catholic
And Iain Duncan Smith lies https://t.co/FRig4i0Bnu
— Otto English (@Otto_English) March 5, 2019
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Always has struggled with numbers our Iain pic.twitter.com/EI0ZguYYdv
— Alan White (@aljwhite) March 5, 2019
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The talking bollock is talking bollocks again. https://t.co/ui3zEgaII6
— Boris Johnson . . . . . not (@BorisJohnson_MP) March 5, 2019
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IDS proving once again that he's a lying sack of shit https://t.co/Lne2q6qQT2
— Con O'Neill (@cononeilluk) March 5, 2019
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IDS: "Polls suggest that Kettering is in Belgium and that most people would be happy to drill multiple holes in their own fingernails." https://t.co/ztEbMTGnLw
— John O'Farrell (@mrjohnofarrell) March 5, 2019