The quiet knight: IDS becomes a Sir

FORMER tory Party leader Iain Duncan

Smith – the self-declared ‘quiet man’ of politics – receives a knighthood.

A former lieutenant in the Scots Guards, he was work and pensions secretary under David Cameron and founded the Centre for Social Justice. He has been regarded as the ‘architect’ of universal credit and chaired Boris Johnson’s tory leadership campaign.

Sir Iain, pictured, joined the tory party in 1981. In 2002, during a difficult time in his leadership, he famously said: ‘ Do not underestimate the determination of the quiet man.’

the honours list is notable for there being no peerage for former Speaker John Bercow, who was accused of bias over Brexit.

the convention is that Speakers automatically receive a peerage when they resign. But Boris Johnson is said to have no intention of giving him a seat in the Lords.