#ay

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#children #fashion #having #kids #like

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#address #benefits #breakdown #debt #difficulty

I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#always #been #care #else #everybody

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#already #always #am #been #benefits

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#argument #both #britain #europe #fantastic

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#always #crucial #every #i #i think

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#celebrity #celebrity culture #culture #footballers #look

It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#because #benefits #children #cloth #cut

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#ago #always #being #bonus #british

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 #anything #elected #favour #gives