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Article: POLITICS & PARLIAMENT: CONSERVATIVE PARTY - Duncan Smith tells rebel MPs to focus on national security
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2003
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IAIN DUNCAN SMITH called on Tory MPs in effect to fulfil their
patriotic duty yesterday and drop any thoughts of challenging him
during a war on Iraq.
The Conservative leader said he was "absolutely confident" he
would remain in post and predicted he would win the next general
election by focusing on government failures.
But as the Commons returned after a one-week break, Tory MPs
preparing a challenge were boosted by reassurances that their
anonymity would be protected, if necessary in the courts.
The Tory leader, in Downing Street after talks with Tony Blair,
brushed aside the controversy over his sackings of key modernisers at
Conservative Central Office. Mr Duncan Smith said he would ...