While I wouldn’t go quite so far, as it’s author does in her closing paragraph, as to muse over whether Duncan-Smith will now join Labour, I’d just like to flag up this rather impressive piece in Welfare Weekly. It examines the possible motives IDS had to resign. While I would not accuse him of dishonesty in what he has been saying since Friday, one gets the impression we’re not getting the whole story. Until now, IDS has been a staunch Thatcherite; he has defended welfare cuts to the hilt, refuting any connection between cuts and suicides. For him to suddenly grow a conscious, own up, and say that what the Tories are doing to disabled people is morally indefensible, seems a bit odd. It would be great if he has had a change of heart, and he’s certainly supplying Labour with plenty of ammo to attack the Tories with; but I just feel there’s more behind this than IDS admits. What that could be – Europe? personal issues with George Osbourne? the desire to abandon a sinking ship – I suppose we can only speculate.