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	David Blunkett
		David Blunkett was born on 6 June 1947 in Sheffield.
		According to some sources, David Blunkett went to Sheffield School for the Blind from the age of 4 (although other sources refer to Blunkett attending the Royal Normal College for the Blind in Shrewsbury), Sheffield University and Huddersfield College of Education.
		From 1974 to 1979 David Blunkett was a clerk and shop steward at the East Midlands Gas Board (his father had been a Gas Board foreman before he died in a works accident when David was 12).
	www.biogs.com /famous/blunkett.html (714 words)

	David Blunkett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Blunkett became the youngest-ever councillor on Sheffield City Council at the age of 22.
		Blunkett's situation was not helped by a series of stinging criticisms of his Cabinet colleagues, made by Blunkett to his biographer, which became public days before he resigned.
		In late 2004, Blunkett began a legal challenge to gain access to William, more of which is covered in the David Blunkett Story section of the Fathers' rights movement in the UK article.
	david-blunkett.iqnaut.net (1429 words)

	David Blunkett - SourceWatch
		Blunkett responded to the allegations by setting up a purportedly independent inquiry, headed by Sir Alan Budd who was chief economic advisor to Conservative Chancellors during the 1990s [2].
		Blunkett, was associate consultant to Indepen, a London based firm which advises utility companies around the world on their relations with government regulators.
		Blunkett declared that he would not be resigning quoting to a newspaper "I have done nothing wrong." A statement by Downing Street said that the prime minister, Tony Blair did not believe that Blunkett's mistake should stop him doing his job.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=David_Blunkett (836 words)

	Downing Street Says...: David Blunkett
		Put to him that David Blunkett didn't seem to be particularly contrite about his mistake, the PMOS said that David Blunkett had explained why he came to the misunderstanding in his statement on Saturday.
		Put to him that this was a clear set of rules and David Blunkett broke those rules, the PMOS said that you had to make a judgment call as to whether making a mistake which he then admitted affected his current role.
		David Blunkett had not tried to hide that he had this job, what he hadn't done was complied with the rules and admitted that.
	www.downingstreetsays.org /archives/001902.html (1655 words)

	Downing Street Says...: David Blunkett
		Asked if the Prime Minister thought it appropriate for David Blunkett to hold shares in a company that might bid for a Government contract, the PMOS said that this was a matter where advice was being sought and it was best that this process was allowed to go forward.
		Asked what the Prime Minister's formal response was to the request for an inquiry from the opposition on the specifics of David Blunkett and the clarification on the Ministerial Code, the PMOS said that in terms of clarification that was a matter for the Cabinet Secretary and David Blunkett had requested clarification.
		Asked if the Prime Minister felt that the media was hounding David Blunkett, the PMOS said that tempted as he was to say otherwise, the best reply was probably that questions had been asked and they would be answered and we would address those questions as upfront as we could.
	www.downingstreetsays.org /archives/001898.html (1836 words)

	ePolitix.com - Blunkett 'found wanting' on prison riots
		He described Blunkett's diary entry of the night of the riot as an "immodest summary" that was "clearly not written at the time".
		And Blunkett goes on to say that "I believe this is one of those occasions where my being there made a difference", because he was "able to strengthen the arm of those who were prepared to act and were prepared to override those who were dithering".
		Blunkett's diaries have shown he had a difficult relationship with some civil servants who he felt were obstructive, and Narey acknowledges that "my relationship with David was not good".
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200610/4da31212-02f5-4974-bcd3-dec0c6e0a6bb.htm (475 words)

	The secrets David Blunkett told me \| the Daily Mail
		David's sense of duty and responsibility is deeply ingrained - it's why he was determined to be a part of William's life and why he was devastated when he discovered that Kimberly's second child, Lorcan, was not his.
		David explained to me later that Blair was simply too tired to move Straw and that Brown had insisted he stay put.
		David thought that Prescott was 'bonkers' for equivocating on Omar Bakri Mohammed - the radical cleric who caused a storm after blaming Bush, Blair and the public for the London bombings and describing the 9/11 atrocity as 'magnificent'.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=407818&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source= (2437 words)

	David Blunkett, Secretary for State for Education and Employment and Made in Sheffield
		David was born blind and at the age of four, had to leave the family home to board at the Sheffield School for the blind on Manchester Rd.
		It is said that David Blunkett has always vowed to make the world a better place to live shortly after his father died in a work related accident, and his grandfather passed away in a geriatric ward.
		David was the Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment until the General Election of 1997.
	www.made-in-sheffield.com /people/davidblunkett.htm (355 words)

	BBC - Press Office - David Blunkett to host Christmas Day edition of Outlook
		David Blunkett MP, former Home Secretary, is to host the Christmas Day edition of BBC World Service's magazine programme Outlook.
		David Blunkett has been involved in making the show, choosing the guests and topics for discussion, aiming he says "to provide diversity in the best traditions of the programme."
		David Blunkett believes HIV/AIDS to be the biggest problem that Africa faces and was keen to interview Siphiwe, whose story he found very moving.
	www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/11/blunkett.shtml (432 words)

	Scotsman.com News - David Blunkett
		DAVID Blunkett, the former cabinet minister, will today demand more is done to lift the poorest...
		DAVID Blunkett has revealed his affair with a married woman left him exhausted and drove him to...
		TONY Blair was aware of David Blunkett's ill-fated affair with publisher Kimberly Quinn from the...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1224 (453 words)

	LRB \| John Lanchester : What is Labour for? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Blunkett is important not only because of how he behaved when in office – we’ll get to that in a moment – but also because of the journey he took to get there.
		One of the reasons for Blunkett’s status in contemporary politics is that he was born into real hardship, a qualification which is much less common in the Labour Party than it once was.
		Blunkett brought in free public transport in the city centre.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v27/n07/lanc01_.html (3655 words)

	David Blunkett
		David Blunkett The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician.
		In 2004, as news of his affair with former lover Kimberly Quinn became international news, Blunkett asserted that he was the father of Mrs Quinn's two-year-old son, William, and also perhaps of her unborn child.
		Blunkett's guide dogs — Teddy, Offa, Lucy, and most recently Sadie — have become familiar characters at Westminster, inspiring occasional witty comments from Blunkett and his fellow MPs on both sides of the house.
	david-blunkett.kiwiki.homeip.net (1389 words)

	Special report: David Blunkett \| Special Reports \| Guardian Unlimited Politics
		July 23: David Blunkett is to reopen the painful saga of his downfall from the cabinet in an outspoken autobiography expected to argue that Downing Street should not have let him go over the affair of the visa for his lover's nanny's visa.
		October 9, 2005: David Blunkett's political career was under fresh pressure last night after it was claimed that he had allowed himself to become a victim of a classic honeytrap.
		December 13, 2004: David Blunkett yesterday broke his public silence on the affair that threatens his political career as concern grew among Labour colleagues that his short-term survival in office may be overshadowed by long-term damage to his reputation for sound judgment.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /blunkett/0,,1375011,00.html (1799 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Blunkett quits after 'mistakes'
		David Blunkett has said he is "deeply sorry" for the embarrassment he has caused Tony Blair, after he resigned as work and pensions secretary.
		David Blunkett chose to resign because he had reached the conclusion that the position was untenable and that he would be unable to continue in his position
		At the centre of the recent controversy was Mr Blunkett's two-week directorship of DNA Bioscience before May's election, while he was out of the Cabinet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4398004.stm (837 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Blunkett, from the industrial town of Sheffield, northern England, was born blind due to a genetic disorder.
		Blunkett told author Stephen Pollard that Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made a ``giant mess'' of the Home Office when he was in charge.
		Blunkett would be the second key Blair aide to resign twice from the cabinet.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aSgjAMidx54I&refer=europe (1163 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Timeline: Blunkett resignation
		Home Secretary David Blunkett has resigned after he was accused of "fast-tracking" a visa application for his ex-lover Kimberly Quinn's nanny.
		But a friend of Mr Blunkett, Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, tells BBC2's Newsnight the home secretary is so determined to "have access to his child" that he is prepared to put his political career on the line.
		But he is unable to say whether Mr Blunkett had sought special help for the nanny or had just been highlighting an example of the poor performance of the immigration directorate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4057715.stm (1099 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Blunkett quits as home secretary
		David Blunkett has quit as home secretary after an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked.
		Mr Blunkett said he had not been aware of its contents and insisted he had done nothing wrong.
		A copy of a new biography of Mr Blunkett - containing attacks on colleagues - was hurled across the Commons chamber by government Chief Whip Hilary Armstrong.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4099581.stm (618 words)

	David Blunkett paternity case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In November 2004, the then UK Home Secretary David Blunkett was reported to have started a paternity suit against a former lover, Kimberly Quinn.
		It was reported in newspapers on November 29 that Blunkett had discovered, using paternity testing, that he is the natural father of his former lover's two-year-old son, William.
		The issue of paternity in the case of Blunkett may not have to be established.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Blunkett_paternity_case (423 words)

	BBC - Ouch! - Behind the News - David Blunkett: the second resignation
		David Blunkett was always held up as a positive role model for disabled people.
		When David Blunkett joined Tony Blair’s cabinet as a 'real' minister (not as a token minister for disabled people) I thought that he was an excellent role model for disabled people.
		David Blunkett has proved himself to be an amoral, self-seeking rotter.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ouch/news/btn/blunkett_secondresignation.shtml (1475 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK Politics \| 'Snoop' climbdown by Blunkett
		Home Secretary David Blunkett has admitted he blundered over plans dubbed a "snooper's charter" to give a raft of public bodies in the UK access to private e-mail and mobile phone records.
		Mr Blunkett said there needed to be "calmer and lengthy" public discussion of the issues before new proposals were drawn up.
		Mr Blunkett's son Hugh, who works in computers, is understood to have briefed his father on privacy fears associated with the original proposals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_2051000/2051117.stm (695 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		David Blunkett to return to the Cabinet in major reshuffle
		David Blunkett, the former home secretary, is poised to make a swift return to the Cabinet in a reshuffle already being planned by Tony Blair to follow a Labour victory in Thursday's general election.
		Since Mr Blunkett's resignation, Mr Blair has been criticised by the Conservatives for allowing the former home secretary to carry on living in his "grace-and-favour" central London home with rent met by the taxpayer.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/01/nlab01.xml (816 words)

	British Home Secretary quits amid scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		British Home Secretary David Blunkett has resigned amid allegations that he abused his position to steer perks to an ex-lover and after criticizing his cabinet colleagues in a biography.
		Blunkett admitted to giving first-class rail tickets intended for MPs' spouses to his former lover, the married American publisher Kimberly Quinn.
		Blunkett has also drawn the ire of government ministers for disparaging them in his memoir.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2004/12/15/britain-blunkett-041215.html (1174 words)

	CNN.com - Key Blair ally Blunkett resigns - Nov 2, 2005
		Blunkett, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, said: "I step down today precisely to protect the government from diversion from the policies we are carrying out.
		The prime minister told the Commons that Blunkett, who is blind, is "a decent and honourable man" who had contributed a great deal to his country, who had overcome daunting personal challenges and could be proud of his record in British public life.
		A director of the firm at the center of the Blunkett row has also quit, it was announced on Wednesday.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/11/02/blunkett.resigns (407 words)

	White Rose • David Blunkett's dangerous desires
		I have no views on the actual issue of David Westwood's competence and whether or not he actually deserves to be suspended and ultimately sacked, but what is alarming is how Downing Street is centralising more and more decisions on local matters that have a huge baring on civil liberties.
		Lawyers for Mr Blunkett are expected to ask the High Court, possibly on Tuesday, for an injunction forcing the authority to carry out his instruction to suspend the officer.
		The issue is not "is David Westwood a good copper" but "do you want David Blunkett making those decisions?".
	whiterose.samizdata.net /archives/2004/06/david_blunketts_dangerous_desi.html (396 words)

	The Blunkett Files
		It's only a shame (but not a surprise) that Blunkett was brought down by a trivial personal intervention in a visa application ('no favours but slightly quicker'), and not by his abhorrent policies on crime, immigration, and 'security'.
		When charged with out-Torying the Tories at the Home Office, Blunkett always answered in hurt tones that his policies were driven by a traditional Labour party passion for social cohesion.
		Blunkett embraced this conceit not merely as a spin-doctoring stance but with the moralistic passion of a tyrant who thinks himself benevolent (as most do).
	users.ox.ac.uk /~lawf0081/blunkett (953 words)

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