(satire?)
Facebook has begun labelling comments and speeches from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith with a “reality” tag, just in case people think he might be a parody.
The move comes after many people thought Mr Duncan Smith was taking the p*ss when he claimed people were now “better off” after his welfare and pension reforms.
Other comments by Mr Duncan Smith that the government was creating a “fairer society” by cutting school and NHS budgets while at the same time giving tax cuts to multi-millionaires were also regarded by many people as a joke.
Facebook said the “reality” label was meant to appease users who have apparently complained that they can’t always tell the difference between a caricature of a nasty, heartless, out-of-touch Tory who would sell his own grandmother at the drop of a hat and Duncan Smith.
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Related articles by Tom Pride:
Iain Duncan Smith claimed expenses for his underpants (really!)
Duncan Smith reckons cutting welfare for cancer patients is “creating jobs”
Iain Duncan Smith’s historic links to the far-right
How the IDS ‘Iron Dome’ defence system shoots down incoming facts
The Coalition Government Colouring and Activity Book
The remarkable similarities between Fritz Sauckel and Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith and Universal Credit – a case of a tool blaming his workmen?
Etymological maps of common words like ‘clegg’, ‘cameron’ and ‘duncan smith’
Only one problem with the government’s list of top ten benefits fraudsters – it doesn’t exist
Government Announces Clampdown On Work-Shy Babies
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nedhamson said:
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News.
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chunkyfunkymunky said:
Reblogged this on chunkyfunkymunky.
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mr normal said:
oh so hes real then
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sdbast said:
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penniewoodfall said:
Oi don’t understand the wurd cinisism
It’coz Oi look on the brite soide of life see….
And I Iz styin that waiy…….;-)
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Terry Wass said:
Tom, you’re a star.
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guy fawkes said:
Quiet, Underdog, IDS – Spells quids – what he has robbed the poor of to give to the rich.
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peter said:
There isn’t much really to be able to differentiate IDS from Dracula… they both gorge upon their hapless victims’ blood then spit it out.
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peter said:
Reality Check: Pennie — Are you really in fact the Somerset poetess Pam Ayres, and ‘penniewoodfall’ is your pseudonym? 🙂
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A6er said:
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penniewoodfall said:
Very good! now go away! 🙂
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guy fawkes said:
Peter wouldn’t she be called victoriawoodfall, given that they compete against each other for most wittiest poet.
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peter said:
Nah! –Pam Ayres is 100 times wittier & a lot more West Country Somerset than Miss Victoria Wood…. In fact, I was hoping that when Victoria Wood went and married that elderly children’s magician guy that he could have cast a magic spell and disappeared Victoria in a cloud of mist, but it wasn’t to be… obviously he’s a cr*p magician! …Even so, as a spare pseudonym I reckon that pammiewoodchuck would be rather nice…you can’t go wrong with a bit of Cilla Black thrown into the mix… 🙂
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