Photograph courtesy of Flickr user Simon Gosney

Iain Duncan Smith gave an impassioned address to a packed Bennett Room to conclude Clare Politics programme of talks for the year. Speaking on the subject ‘Social Justice and the Future of the Conservative Party’. Below is an extract from his frank and uncompromising address.

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Iain Duncan Smith is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green and was leader of the Conservative Party in the turbulent period from September 2001 to October 2003.

After losing the Conservative leadership he established The Centre for Social Justice, a policy group that finds and supports innovative grass-roots approaches to fighting poverty, to continue his commitment to compassionate conservatism. It is his influence that has ensured that Social Justice has moved high up on David Cameron’s policy agenda.

Filed under: conservatism, ids, socialjustice, speaker discussion, video on August 23rd, 2008