I had tea with Ian Duncan Smith yesterday. We had some important things to discuss, so we met up at the Houses of Pariament to chat. For those of you who don’t know Ian, he was the opposition (Shadow cabinet) leader (the second most important political figure in the UK) from 2001 to 2003. He also established the Centre for Social Justice.

He’s a good guy. Anyhow, we took some of our mentees down for a tour of the Houses of Parliament, and our connection (Philippa Stroud, now the director of CSJ) asked Ian to come for a drink and meet the youth. He graciously accepted. It was exciting and educational!
In this photo, I am unfortunately behind the camera (as usual!). From the left: Philippa Stroud (Director of CSJ), David Ahern (Managing Director of CJ’s), Ian Duncan Smith (MP Chingford/Woodford Green), Okan, Stephen, and Julio Mekki (Chairman of CJ’s).