CHERIE DEFENDS BETSY.Byline: PAUL GILFEATHER CHERIE Blair yesterday spoke of her sympathy for Iain Duncan Iain Duncan (born August 4, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired a Canadian ice hockey forward. Duncan started his National Hockey League career with the Winnipeg Jets in 1987. He would play his entire career with the Jets. He would leave the NHL after the 1991 season. Smith's beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. wife Betsy. The PM's wife sided with her opposite number in the row over whether Mrs Duncan Smith should have been employed as one of her husband's office staff. Recalling her own difficulties last year over Cheriegate, she said: "I always feel sympathy with every woman trying to juggle a lot of tasks." Meanwhile writing in The Spectator magazine, Mr Duncan Smith admitted that after two years in charge his party is collapsing into civil war. He said: "There are those in our party who are convinced that I should not be leader. "I deeply regret that the frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: ambitions and grievances of this group, who would rather bring me down than see the Party prosper, are hindering our activists and disgusting the public." CAPTION(S): LOOK SHARP: Barnado's president Cherie Blair cuts a cake made by trainees in Belfast yesterday |
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