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Article: Duncan Smith couldn't believe his ears. For the first time in his life, crowds cheered him. Dream on Iain, it was Gibraltar.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2002
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Byline: ROBERT HARDMAN
THIS is little short of political paradise for Iain Duncan Smith.
Hugged and kissed at every turn, hailed as a saviour by all he meets, pursued across sun-swept squares by a cheering mob of Union Flag wavers, he would be lucky to get a welcome like this at his own birthday party at a Tory party conference, let alone walking down a street. There is only one slight problem: this lot can't vote.
To the people of Gibraltar, though, Mr Duncan Smith is a hero, a knight in a dark blue suit who has come to quash the perfidious plottings of Tony Blair and the Spanish government.
And their feelings are obvious before the ...