Warning to the Conservative Party; leave people alone and get the Government out of their lives

Despite not being its leader for a number of years, the quiet man of the Tory party, Iain Duncan-Smith appears to be able to exert an amount of influence on its social policy.

Hence winning the battle over Welfare reform with George Osbourne. Whilst Duncan-Smith continues to advocate Marriage Tax Allowances, and after trawling through old copies of The Economist, they have this warning:

The Economist 16-12-2006 p36
“But real life is messy and real people are complicated. The Tories should tread very warily indeed.”

Wise words - I wish the government would get out of our lives on many issues. Marriage just being one of them.