Hypocrisy: thy name is the Tory party

"I have always endeavoured to put compassion at the heart of the government's social policies"
These were, more or less, the words of IDS on Sky News this lunchtime. Really, Ian? You must think we are either stupid or have very poor memories. You presided over the bedroom tax; you even signed off on the latest initiatives in George Osborne's budget. Yet you waited for the moment you calculated would cause maximum damage to those among the Tories who would have us remain in the EU to resign.

We have seen some fascinating twists and turns in the debate over the EU: first BoJo's "carefully" (hah!) remarks to the effect that he was lining up with the Tory Euro-wreckers, and now this. A man who has evinced little sympathy with those less well off than himself (which is most of us) who is now bleating all over the media how is the champion of the poor. Party politics can be nauseating at times, but this really takes the digestive.

Some say he was already losing status within the Tory hierarchy, that he was going to lose his job in June, and therefore he jumped before he was pushed. Others say he is hoping to find an important cabinet position when we vote to leave the EU, DC resigns and Boris takes over as PM. And I cry:
"It stinks! It stinks!