IDS' attempts to silence his critics may fail - I hope!
Attempts since the close of the Conservative Party conference on Thursday to intimidate critics of the leadership of Iain Duncan Smith look as if they may well fail. The outrageous utterances of David Maclean, Chief Whip, threatening to punish those who dare to speak out and those thought to be responsible for sowing dissent in the Party, are almost Stalinist in tone. The so-called "career development interview" to which some MPs are to be subjected is a pretty crude attempt to silence opposition - and I cannot believe that it can possibly succeed, but perhaps my belief in the fundamental decency and moral backbone of at least some Conservative MPs is misplaced. No doubt this will become clearer in the coming days and weeks.
Meantime the Independent's analysis, in an article to be published tomorrow, seems to indicate that there are at least some who will refuse to be cowed. I hope they are correct.
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