WHY I WON'T WORK FOR IAIN DUNCAN-SMITH

As we are all aware, Iain Duncan-Smith is a failed leader of the Conservative Party.

Not only is this true, but it can be reasonably argued that, under his leadership, the Tories reacned the nadir of their political prospects since the arrogance of Thatcher led to even her fellow Conservatives booting her out (from what I remember, the poor dear was in tears, which unemployed former miners' wives shall hardly sympathise with). Duncan-Smith is respected by all shades of political opinion, even those on the left such as myself, but his own politics are definitely to the right of the Conservatives.

The Strathclyde conurbation has a multiplicity of problems, not merely unemployment. The attempts on the part of the late Teddy Taylor to destroy UCS took the heart out of the Glaswegian working class, and John Davis didn't help either. The result of the depredations of the Heath and Thatcher years, combined with the ineptitude of Wilson and Callaghan, led to a stagnation within Strathclyde which is not only understandable but also (and tragically for the working populace of an industrial city such as Glasgow) completely deplorable.

And along comes Mr. Duncan-Smith, with his bright ideas and hypocritical smirk. Because of the unemployment in the city which made the Clyde what it was, Iain Duncan-Smith's ideas on employment were, apparently, radically changed.

Don't believe a word of it. The man's got the same arrogant contempt for working-class people as the rest of the millionaires he hobnobs with. And his ideas for "improving the lot" of the people of Glasgow and returning us to the "incentives" of the Industrial Revolution are pure eyewash.

Karl Marx, in his brilliant work "Wage, Labour and Capital" outlines the way in which bosses manipulate workers in such a way that they know that if they do not work at the set rate they will starve. The knives are out, because Iain Duncan-Smith, the "quiet man" is definitely here to stay. He is a formidable enemy. BUT SO ARE WE!

The mobilisation of the workers against Tory cuts is of primary importance for all workers in Britain today. Churchill, the arch-hero of Conservatism, described Mahatma Gandhi as a "naked fakir". But Gandhi's use of passive resistance got the British kicked out of India. And we must use passive resistance. Starvation and nakedness mean nothing to the Christian, and as a Christian I shall never tolerate tyrants.

And that's why I won't work for Iain Duncan-Smith.