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Iain Duncan Smith’s knighthood in historical perspective
The honours system has long been discredited with dodgy and doubtful appointments, says KEITH FLETT

AT A mundane level the knighthood for Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith in the new year’s honours should not be a surprise.
The honours list has to go through a bureaucratic approval process after ministers make their recommendations.
In all likelihood Duncan Smith’s name appeared on the list on the assumption that he would lose his parliamentary seat at the December 12 election. Unfortunately he narrowly avoided doing so to an excellent Labour candidate.
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